Turkish UCAV Bayraktar TB3 UCAV, developed by Baykar, successfully completed his 26th test flight, during which he was in the air within 27 hours.
According to Baykar, Bayraktar TB3 during the 26th test flight at the Akinci flight center in Chorlu stayed in the air for 27 hours and 19 minutes at an average height.
The flight, which began on Thursday at 09.40, was successfully completed on Friday at 12.59, when the Bayraktar TB3 wheels touched the runway. Bayraktar TB3, successfully passed all the tests, during which the system characteristics and endurance were measured at the average altitude using the Aselflir-500 electro-optical system, which is the best in its class, during the 27-hour flight, it overcame a distance of 4,600 kilometers in the sky.
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In total, during the test flights, Bayraktar TB3 spent 224 hours in the air. The National BPL, equipped with a PD-170 engine for the Turkish company TEI, during long flight tests on December 20, 2023 I stayed in the air for 32 hours without landing and overcame a distance of 5 thousand 700 kilometers.
March 26, 2024, the first flight of Bayraktar TB3 with the Aselflir-500 development system ASELSAN took place. As part of the tests, the electroopathic system of exploration, observation and target designations of the Aselflir-500, which has the highest characteristics compared to analogues in the world, was successfully integrated.
The second prototype Bayraktar TB3, PT-2, created at the AKINCI flight training and testing center, successfully completed the first flight test last week.
– The first flight with TCG Anadolu will take place in 2024
Thanks to its folding wing structure, Bayraktar TB3 UCAV will be the first armed unmanned aerial vehicle in the world that can take off and sit with ships with a short runway like TCG Anadolu.
The Chairman of the Baykar Board of Directors and the Leader of Technology Selchuk Bayrakratar announced that the company plans to start the Bayraktar TB3 tests on the TCG Anadolu ship in 2024. The capabilities of Bayraktar TB3 will be an important innovation for unmanned aerial vehicles of this class. The National UCAV, which will also be able to communicate outside of direct visibility, will be able to control from very long distances and, thus, will have a multiplier effect on the power of Turkey’s deterrence, performing the tasks of exploration, observation, exploration and attack with “smart” ammunition, which is equipped.
