Combat aerial vehicle flies at altitude of 30,000 feet, stays in air for 13 hours, 24 minutes.
Turkey's Bayraktar Akinci Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) on Saturday flied up to an altitude of 30,000 feet, staying in the air for 13 hours and 24 minutes with a total payload of 1,360 kilograms (2,998 pounds).
Developed indigenously by the defense firm Baykar under a project carried out with the leadership of Turkey's Defense Industries Presidency, Bayraktar Akinci UCAV is improving its capabilities step by step, said a statement by the company.
With a take-off weight of 6 tons, the combat drone displayed a strong performance with a payload close to full load and rose to an altitude of 30,000 feet.
Bayraktar Akinci UCAV on July 8 broke an altitude record in Turkish aviation history by climbing up to 38,039 feet in its flight that lasted 25 hours and 46 minutes.
Akinci, which has made 874 sorties in test and training flights so far, hit the targets with full accuracy in the firing test on July 5 with warhead ammunitions MAM-C, MAM-L, and MAM-T, indigenously developed by Turkey's rocket producer Roketsan.
Source: Anadolu Agency
Türkiye’s first indigenous unmanned fighter aircraft Bayraktar Kızılelma, developed by Baykar Technologies, has passed the first test runs.
The SEAWOLF-I/2025 exercise witnessed historic moments. Two Bayraktar TB3 UCAVs, launched from Türkiye’s first UCAV carrier TCG Anadolu, flawlessly destroyed their targets in the Eastern Mediterranean phase of the drill. Meanwhile, a Bayraktar AKINCI UCAV that took off from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) hit its targets with pinpoint accuracy using three different types of munitions.
Bayraktar TB3 UAV, Baykar’s indigenous and original aircraft, successfully completed its first flight test with the indigenous electro-optical system ASELFLIR-500 – the best in its class.
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