Turkish defense industry companies continue to work on models of new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and two more new items have appeared as part of this initiative.
In the process of developing new UAV, Turkish companies take into account the demand for both domestic and abroad, current developments and wishes of users.
In an interview with Anadolu, Esen Director General Jam Ugur said that the company has been operating in the field of Avionic systems, global surveillance, radio reconnaissance, modifications of aircraft for 11 years.
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At the same time, the general director drew attention to the system of unmanned aerial vehicles Gökhun.
According to him, there are 4-5 companies in the world that produce this type of drone in their class. The take -off mass of Gökhun is 110 kilograms, he said.
“Gökhun is something intermediate between tactical and mini -BPPP, which is capable of performing operations on land and at sea, has” the highest payload and stay in the air, “said Ugur.
“The device is able to carry 18 kilograms of payload, it can remain in the air for 16 hours with a payload of up to 12 kilograms. The flight tests of the UAV began in March,” the company added.
In turn, the ESEN UPEN Director Sukha Dincher said that the second development of Esen belongs to the category of mini-UAVs. “We have not yet given the name of this drone. This is a mini-bip with a fixed wing and an electric drive that can be possible Launch from catapults or vehicles and land to the fuselage. The device was developed in 2020 for a special reason. We want to make this product equivalent to the famous Puma unmanned aerial vehicle system, only developed and manufactured in Turkey, ”said Dincher.