Is this a new UCAV? It looks very similiar to Akinci but Akinci is already on that picture.
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The first illustration may be a 3d model used twice in a slightly sloppy illustration. However, we can now say that it is now confirmed for the heavy-duty drone that will fly with the turboprop to be derived from the TS-1400, as you shared. As far as I can follow and feel, we will see many new concepts in 2025 and in a sense, there will be another strategic expansion in the scale of Turkish drone systems.Is this a new UCAV? It looks very similiar to Akinci but Akinci is already on that picture.
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Baykar Works on a Larger Akıncı UCAV with TEI Engines | TURDEF
Baykar CEO Selçuk Bayraktar stated that the firm is working on a larger AKINCI UCAV with engines from TEI.
Could be, there was a talk about a bigger Akinci, in general this illustration looks like the Akinci with a changed wing.Is this a new UCAV? It looks very similiar to Akinci but Akinci is already on that picture.
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Baykar Works on a Larger Akıncı UCAV with TEI Engines | TURDEF
Baykar CEO Selçuk Bayraktar stated that the firm is working on a larger AKINCI UCAV with engines from TEI.
What is a bigger Akinci good for?
For AEWS drone. Of course, if Akıncı is equipped with P&W PT6 engines. Or if Akıncı is equipped with domestic engines converted from TS-1400.
It would be able carry heavier munitions, not just under its fuselage, and engage targets from farther away. Just as an example, UAV-230 has a range of 150+ km but a bigger Akıncı would be able to carry UAV-300 (if Roketsan makes one) and it is likely to have 200+ km range and a bigger warhead. Or it could launch SOM or SOM-J with 250+ km range.
Which is important sure, but at those ranges the sensors you have will probably not be enough to find the targets you don't already know about.
Awacs with big ass radar on top (=global eye), refueling with +2 ton fuel, long range AA launcher with +200km range missiles.
mouthwatering
It is ＼(^_^)／mouthwatering
The Siper Product 2 will be better suited for a ultra long Range AA Missile, I would rather deploy them on F-16 Özgür II than on Akinci. I think using AA Missiles from Akinici will be usefull against enemy Drones & Cruise Missiles. Akinci have the Advantage of a long loitering Time.
How about carrying siper b1 missile on that kind radar carrier uav. Like a flying air defence battery. Like a first line stealth flying air defence batteries.
Also launching Siper B1 from a ucav who's flying in 20,000 feet and 200+ km/h speeds that increase the range of missile.
I believe the US gave them the U.S.-made AN/TWQ-1 Avenger Missile System; they also have Russian systems now.
Shot down by Iranian weapons.
