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Ambitious projects in the defense industry are announced one
after the other. Right after Baykar's unmanned fighter aircraft
Kızılelma, which made its maiden flight on 14 December, the
expected good news came from the jet-powered Anka-3 MİUS, the
images of which were shared in the past weeks. The jet-powered UCAV
is expected to take off soon.
The speed of the products that Turkiye put forward on the
defense industry side cannot be kept up. Almost every week, there
is a new development that will change the balance at sea, in the
air, and on land. The expected date of the Anka-3 Combat Unmanned
Aircraft System, whose images have been shared in the past weeks,
has been announced.
Anka-3 MIUS, also called Turkiye's second unmanned warplane, has
been announced to take off for up to 40 days.
Anka-3 will be much faster than MIUS Aksungur
(Anka-2)
It will be able to carry more ammunition (payload) and because
its design is tailless, it will leave more of a mark on the
radar.
Targeted reconnaissance, surveillance, and intelligence
gathering with the new generation unmanned aerial vehicle and
system, attacking with many different munitions used from air to
land, and hunting enemy helicopters, propeller planes, and UAVs
with air-air munitions.
Anka-3 will be able to conduct electronic warfare while
neutralizing enemy radar and air defense systems.
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) started the Anka-3
project in February 2022
In the rapidly progressing project, it is expected that the
structural assembly of the first prototype will be completed and
the equipment will be placed.
The assembly and ground tests will be completed in
February-March 2023, and the engine starting and taxiing will begin
in April 2023. Anka-3 is also planned to make its first test flight
in the same month.
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