KIZIELMA, like AKINCI, can operate BLOS(Beyond Line of Sight). For that the drone has to use a SATCOM antenna.Couldn't it be kind of transmitting antennas? Just a guess. Powerful jamming pods like ALQ-99 and ALQ-249 have antennas covering 360 degrees. So while EA jets can provide continuous jamming by flying around the engagement zone of the enemy SAM, a combat jet, say a jet with an APG-81, theoretically cannot point its nose more than 70 degrees away from the enemy radar during jamming. Having transmitting antennas under the nose and on the wings can provide 360-degree coverage.
My other guess is that it is again part of the integrated avionics suite, that is, some kind of emitter/reciever is shown.
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You can see this antenna on AKINCI in the first photo. The antenna needs to point to a GEO satellite. So my question is if KIZILELMA is a combat vehicle, it will have to bank at such angles that this antenna won't be able to maintain its connection to the satellite. Imagine the drone flying in upside-down position. How can the ground crew can still send and receive telemetry data, send commands etc.? Will they install two antennas in opposing directions? Or having a one antenna that can gimbal 360 degrees? Or something else? How did they solve this problem?