Bayraktar TB3 armed unmanned aerial car, indigenously developed by the Turkish drone maker Baykar, will likely be exhibited for the primary time within the nation’s main expertise and aviation occasion Teknofest, in line with the agency on Monday.
The occasion’s 2023 model will likely be held in Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on April 27-May 1, Baykar mentioned.
Flight checks for the armed UAV, which would be the first armed drone with its foldable wings on the earth able to taking off and touchdown from plane carriers with short-runway resembling TCG Anadolu, will start this yr.
The drone, which could have beyond-line-of-sight characteristic, will be managed remotely at lengthy distance.
The drone could have a multiplier impact on Türkiye’s deterrent energy by performing totally different missions resembling reconnaissance-surveillance, intelligence, and fight, the agency additionally mentioned.
Teknofest, with its final model held within the Black Sea province of Samsun final yr, reveals innovative expertise, aviation, and navy merchandise.
Last yr, Baykar’s one other armed UAV Bayraktar Kizilelma was launched on the occasion.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
