TR UAV/UCAV Programs | Anka - series | Kızılelma | TB - series

Oublious · Oct 15, 2025

Tornadoss said:
Yesterday we lost an Akinci in Iraq, maybe we should have some self defence system or, we should use smaller, cheaper UAVs for targetting/recce and use Akinci as stand off missile truck.

A old footage.

what · Oct 15, 2025

The point or one point of UAVs is that they are expendable.

Tornadoss · Thursday at 7:06 AM

what said:
The point or one point of UAVs is that they are expendable.

Sure but it's not like we need to throw $20 Million + to the dumpster, when the same work can be done with cheaper UAVs.

Kaan Azman · Thursday at 7:50 AM

Yeah, maybe we should start considering gathering up small-sized firms to mass-produce simple as hell long endurance UAVs that we can send in without worry, in multiples.

But a hunch tells me our procurement policies ain't agile enough for this, interestingly.

Angry Turk !!! · Thursday at 8:25 AM

Türkiye needs to learn on how to adapt quicker, they give me the impression of being to slow.

neosinan · 2025-10-21T03:18:10-0500

Tests of Toygun and Murad on Kızılelma.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1980531341629554703

boredaf · 2025-10-21T03:53:03-0500

neosinan said:
Tests of Toygun and Murad on Kızılelma.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1980531341629554703

The very first video of KE engaging an aerial target from a a2a missile from its inner weapons bay is going into my porn, I mean, homework folder. In all seriousness though, I hope they'll be able to start serial production in 2026, we need this bird and Anka-3 to hold the fort for about a decade.

MonteCarlo · 2025-10-21T04:29:14-0500

With avionics in testing the one critical component left is RAM paint. I wonder when we will start getting some news about that

Pokemonte13 · 2025-10-21T05:01:35-0500

i wonder if its a different radar because of the power difference

Zafer · 2025-10-21T05:05:12-0500

This milestone should put more pressure on the TF10000 development timeline

uçuyorum · 2025-10-21T05:06:02-0500

Nice of them to reveal critical and classified range info with that map visual

Zafer · 2025-10-21T05:11:07-0500

uçuyorum said:
Nice of them to reveal critical and classified range info with that map visual

Current state of range can be misleading as the radar is also developed domestically and its parameters are not probably finalized and can be modified with the limiting factor being the power supply. Or maybe even that is not the limiting factor as they can probably work the radar with more power in short bursts.

TheInsider · 2025-10-21T05:56:15-0500

MonteCarlo said:
With avionics in testing the one critical component left is RAM paint. I wonder when we will start getting some news about that

Aselsan will provide RAM materials for Kızılelma. Everything is ready on that front.

boredaf · 2025-10-21T06:01:02-0500

TheInsider said:
Aselsan will provide RAM materials for Kızılelma. Everything is ready on that front.

I'm guessing the one they entered that NATO workshop with, right? That was years ago, they must've finalised by now.

TheInsider · 2025-10-21T06:23:04-0500

boredaf said:
I'm guessing the one they entered that NATO workshop with, right? That was years ago, they must've finalised by now.

The foundation is based on that, but it is a new product developed exclusively for Kızılelma.

MonteCarlo · 2025-10-21T06:24:02-0500

TheInsider said:
Aselsan will provide RAM materials for Kızılelma. Everything is ready on that front.

Is there a need for seperate prototype to test the ram painting or can it be integrated into one of the already existing ones?

Afif · 2025-10-21T07:00:02-0500

neosinan said:
Tests of Toygun and Murad on Kızılelma.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1980531341629554703

Wondering if this is NM or KM.

Yasar_TR · 2025-10-21T07:26:09-0500

Afif said:
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Wondering if this is NM or KM.

If at the top right edge we are seeing Crimean peninsula, Sebastopol to Istanbul is ~345km.
So by comparison it has to be 160 Nautical Miles from where the KE is.

Mis_TR_Like · 2025-10-21T08:14:18-0500

neosinan said:
Tests of Toygun and Murad on Kızılelma.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1980531341629554703

It's about time, hopefully we have a batch ready for the inventory within 12 months. Forget the Eurofighter or F16, Kızılelma will be our only hope at a "stop gap" until Kaan is ready. In my opinion if done right they'll be a better option than filling the inventory with more 4th gen fighters.

If we were to simply buy new F16s or Eurofighters, we'd still be at a disadvantage. But if Kızılelma is perfected and introduced in good numbers even adversaries with 5th gen fighters would shy away from any sort of confrontation (they already do, but have been getting very bold recently).

Pokemonte13 · 2025-10-21T08:29:46-0500

Mis_TR_Like said:
It's about time, hopefully we have a batch ready for the inventory within 12 months. Forget the Eurofighter or F16, Kızılelma will be our only hope at a "stop gap" until Kaan is ready. In my opinion if done right they'll be a better option than filling the inventory with more 4th gen fighters.

If we were to simply buy new F16s or Eurofighters, we'd still be at a disadvantage. But if Kızılelma is perfected and introduced in good numbers even adversaries with 5th gen fighters would shy away from any sort of confrontation (they already do, but have been getting very bold recently).

It will take years until Kizilelma is combat ready they just started avionics/munitions integration. Most likely Anka will be the first platform to be combat ready simply because it’s mission profile is different

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