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operational field, which occurs under high system identification and performance test “The capabilities that Bayraktar TB3 will
jamming. conducted at the Akinci flight training and possess will be an important innovation
test center in Çorlu, Tekirdağ. for unmanned aerial vehicles in this class.
The system is enhanced with AI-based algo- With beyond-line-of-sight communication
rithms. PRF coded lasers can be displayed/ During the test, the integration of the capability, the indigenous UAV will be con-
imaged in day and night conditions by the Aselflir-500 electro-optical reconnaissance, trollable from very long distances. Thus,
help of see-spot feature of Aselflir-500. surveillance and targeting system was suc-
Using deep learning techniques and applying cessfully completed. The Bayraktar Akinci with reconnaissance-surveillance, intelli-
model-based algorithms, the image quality UAV, conducting training flights during the gence, and the attack missions it carries
is supported in all channels. out against overseas targets with its smart
test, was tracked by Aselflir-500. munitions, it will have a multiplier effect
Perfect Pairing on Türkiye’s deterrent power,” a company
The Bayraktar TB3 UAV has successfully official said.
The test conducted by Anka III equipped conducted 25 flight tests to date. Having
with an AF500 Electro-Optical camera was completed a total of 196 hours of flight
carried out using the Teber-82 Guidance Kit during test flights, the Bayraktar TB3 has Export Champion
developed by Roketsan. successfully passed the high-altitude sys- Baykar, which has self-financed all its proj-
tem performance tests many times by flying ects since its establishment, has obtained
“The superior performance of Anka III in above 30,000 feet altitude. The Bayraktar
the tests is an indication that it will make TB3 UAV, which has successfully completed 83 per cent of its total revenue from exports
a great contribution to our country’s oper- tests measuring system and endurance since the beginning of the UAV R&D process
ational capabilities and defence capacity performance, is powered by TEI’s indigenous in 2003. According to Turkish Exporters
in the future,” a TAI official said. PD-170 engine. Assembly’s (TIM) 2021 and 2022 data,
Baykar is now the top exporter in the de-
Anka-III had its maiden flight last fence and aerospace sector.
December, following its first engine run The second prototype (PT-2) of the Bayraktar
conducted in March 2023. The Anka-III TB3 successfully completed its first flight. The Defence Industry Agency announced
UCAV, poised to advance our capabilities The test was conducted at the Akinci flight that Baykar was the top exporter within the
in unmanned aerial vehicle technologies, training and test center. sector in 2023 with US$1.8 billion. Baykar,
is designed to operate at 40,000 feet,
reach a speed of Mach 0.7, and stay air- The Bayraktar TB3 UAV will be the world’s which generated more than 90% of its
borne for up to 10 hours, with a take-off first armed unmanned aerial vehicle ca- revenue from exports in recent years, sin-
weight of approximately seven tons. pable of taking off from- and landing on gle-handedly accounted for one third of the
short-runway vessels like TCG Anadolu with defence and aerospace sector’s exports in
TB3 and Aselflir-500 its foldable wing structure. Selçuk Bayraktar, 2023. Export agreements have been signed
Baykar’s Chairman and Chief Technology with a total of 34 countries –including 33
The Bayraktar TB3 UAV flew for the first time Officer, announced that they plan to start countries for the Bayraktar TB2 UAV and
with the Aselflir-500, developed indigenously tests with TCG Anadolu for Bayraktar TB3 nine countries for the Bayraktar AKINCI
by Aselsan, during the medium altitude within 2024. UCAV.

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