Bayraktar TB3 armed unmanned aerial vehicle, indigenously developed by the Turkish drone maker Baykar, will be exhibited for the first time in the country's major technology and aviation event Teknofest, according to the firm on Monday.
The event's 2023 version will be held in Istanbul's Ataturk Airport on April 27-May 1, Baykar said.
Flight tests for the armed UAV, which will be the first armed drone with foldable wings in the world capable of taking off and landing from aircraft carriers with short-runway such as TCG Anadolu, will begin this year.
The drone, which will have a beyond-line-of-sight feature, can be controlled remotely at a long distance.
The drone will have a multiplier effect on Türkiye's deterrent power by performing different missions such as reconnaissance-surveillance, intelligence, and combat, the firm also said.
Teknofest, with its last version held in the Black Sea province of Samsun last year, exhibits cutting-edge technology, aviation, and military products.
Last year, Baykar's other armed UAV Bayraktar Kizilelma was introduced at the event.
Source: Anadolu Agency
Bayraktar TB3 UCAV which Baykar developed indigenously and originally, continues its test flights without slowing down. The total flight time of Bayraktar TB3, whose two prototypes performed test flights during the tests that lasted throughout the week, reached 272 hours and 47 minutes.
The Bayraktar TB3, which recently made aviation history as the first UCAV to successfully operate from a short-runway vessel, continues conducting firing tests with the UAV-122 Supersonic Missile across multiple scenarios. For the first time in the history of warfare, a tactical-class UCAV is launching supersonic missiles from distances exceeding 50 kilometers.
Latvia has signaled it could be the second European Union and NATO member state to acquire Turkish armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that have scored high-profile successes in the field, following last month's purchase by Poland.
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