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Turkey’s ANKA-3 Flying Wing Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Flies

Turkey’s flying wing drone took to the air today in the latest milestone for the country’s burgeoning defense aerospace industry.
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"Exactly how successful the ANKA-3, or Turkey’s other advanced combat aircraft projects may turn out to be is a matter of conjecture. Each one comes with a plethora of inbuilt risks and there will very likely be some major hurdles ahead"
 
alberchico said:
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Turkey’s ANKA-3 Flying Wing Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Flies

Turkey’s flying wing drone took to the air today in the latest milestone for the country’s burgeoning defense aerospace industry.
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"Exactly how successful the ANKA-3, or Turkey’s other advanced combat aircraft projects may turn out to be is a matter of conjecture. Each one comes with a plethora of inbuilt risks and there will very likely be some major hurdles ahead"
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Geez, the engineers must not have thought about this yet!

If they've spent an immense effort on this, wouldn't it be logical to think that they must've thought thousandfold more about this than us, right?


I mean c'mon, isn't designing any aircraft from scratch a risk in itself?!

I reckon they actually deserve a little bit of credit since they've so far managed to design, develop and then actually fly not just a jet powered drone but an aircraft that also happens to be a flying wing with LO characteristics.

Most of the times us ordinary enthusiasts and "defence experts" forget that these are not just some shiny RC toys to fly around, they are war machines meant to be serially produced.
 
Combat-Master said:
The test conducted by ANKA III equipped with an Aselsan Aselflir-500 Electro-Optical camera was carried out using the Teber-82 Guidance Kit developed by @roketsan .
https://twitter.com/x/status/1837028345483034686
View: https://x.com/TUSAS_TR/status/1837028345483034686
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ANKA III Prototype-2 successfully launched Süper Şimşek mid-flight,

https://twitter.com/x/status/1909596798286524523
View: https://x.com/TUSAS_TR/status/1909596798286524523


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Super Simsek Specs

Dimensions / Weight
  • Length: 4 m
  • Wingspan: 1.75 m
  • Height: 0.7 m
  • Max Takeoff Weight (MTOW): 200 kg
  • Payload: 35 kg (up to 50 kg)
Performance
  • Ceiling: 35,000 ft
  • Max Speed: 0.85 Mach
  • Endurance: 1 hr
  • Range: 200 km (Line of Sight, LOS) / 700 km (Beyond Line of Sight, BLOS)
Key Features & Roles
  • Carried Under and Launched from AKSUNGUR or ANKA III
  • Reconfigurable Payload Options According to Mission Requirements
  • Warhead Integration Capabilities
  • Electronic Warfare Measures
  • Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
  • Chaff and Flare
  • Hot Nose for IR Augmentation
  • RCS (Radar Cross Section) Augmentation
  • Miss Distance Indicator (MDI)
  • Swarm Technologies Assisted with AI and Machine Learning

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Hydroman said:
Look at the two, split outboard surfaces on each wing tip, look familiar (hint: J-36).
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That's simply because this configuration is the most efficient way to use space on the Dorito-derivative designs, as physics is the same everywhere.
 
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