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[B_A]

UK seems bad at developing drones. It is very surprising for aviation country such as UK

According to this article, 8 of 54 Watchkeepers UAVs have been down in recent years. Moreover, they couldnt sustain 6000 flight hours in a year, only 1200 or so. The reason is , if the article is to be believed, weather conditions of Britain island, but watchkeepers couldnt fly at hot air of the gulf.

Examining The Deployment Of The U.K.'s Troubled Watchkeeper Drones At Fort Bliss

Despite efforts to improve its Watchkeepers, the British Army has faced persistent problems with them and has a huge bill to show for it.

www.thedrive.com

Only a few countries good at developing drones

USA.israel,China and Turkiye,that s all.This Big4 covered 95% of militarty drone export market.

Russian and Iranian etc. are developing drones but still without many marketing success.

The tradtional aviation and many rich countries are bad at developing drones.

Such as France Germany Japan,UK,S.Korea,lTaly,Sweden........

 

[Bogeyman]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1700935948698009757

Titra Teknoloji's ALPIN unmanned helicopter platform successfully performed its resupply mission in the Claw Kilit operation region.

 

[Ahlatshah]

Our Military had to use other manned helos in Gabar etc. even for the slightest things, sometimes UH 60s.

Actually I am very impressed. Even if 5-6 flight hours with full weight and carrying 200 kgs in a 200 km radius, is no joke. Kudos to our engineers

 

[Zafer]

I wish they could do something from scratch.

 

[Afif]

I would be little skeptical for now until we can do a proper cost benefit analysis on using such systems in large scale.

 

[Zafer]

For small cargo airdropping, US military started using winged coffin like boxes invented by Chip Yates. You drop the box wings open and glide to its destination.

Yates to start full-rate production of 900kg cargo glider UAV

Yates Electrospace unveiled at the Defense & Security Equipment International (DSEI) show in London a larger variant of its unmanned cargo glider, the Silent Arrow GD-2000, that can fly with a gross weight of 907kg (2,000lb).

www.flightglobal.com

They already shipped several thousand.

 

[Tornadoss]

This might be good for flat terrain but I am skeptical about usage of it on mountainous area. But definitely our companies should consider.

For small cargo airdropping, US military started using winged coffin like boxes invented by Chip Yates. You drop the box wings open and glide to its destination.

Yates to start full-rate production of 900kg cargo glider UAV

Yates Electrospace unveiled at the Defense & Security Equipment International (DSEI) show in London a larger variant of its unmanned cargo glider, the Silent Arrow GD-2000, that can fly with a gross weight of 907kg (2,000lb).

www.flightglobal.com

They already shipped several thousand.

 

[Zafer]

This might be good for flat terrain but I am skeptical about usage of it on mountainous area. But definitely our companies should consider.

I have an idea of a similar disposable drop helicopter but needs experimenting. I am sure it can work, similar to parachute speed but steerable and faster. You can even use drop gliders and helicopters for firefighting.

 

[Quasar]

The first user of the ALPİN Unmanned Helicopter, developed by Titra, is the Turkish Land Forces.

Turkish Land Forces Command is taking Unmanned Helicopters to its inventory. Delivery of the ALPIN system developed by Titra Technology has started. The system will be used by the Land Forces for cargo transportation.

According to the special news of Tolga Özbek, the number of helicopters, which can carry a load of 200 kilograms in total, is expected to be increased in the Land Forces Command in the coming days. No official statement has been made about the number yet.

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1691873836503884220

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• Being able to observe a desired point or target steadily by hovering in the air with its "hover" feature and 24/7 surveillance with thermal and night vision cameras.
• Fully autonomous flight capability
• Long endurance time
• High payload carrying capacity
• ‘Hover’ and ‘pirouette’ capability for target tracking
• Multiple payload integration possibilities
• Possibility of use in various concepts: reconnaissance and surveillance missions, power line control, cargo transportation, mapping, emergency base station, response to disaster area, search and rescue operations, agricultural spraying, radio/communication relays, etc.
• Expandable autopilot modes according to user needs
• Mode A/C/S transponder system (optional)
• Communication (air-air/air-ground) systems (optional)
• Easy transport with light tactical wheeled vehicles
• Real time image/video transmission (optional)
• Autonomous target tracking with integrated camera system (optional)
• GNSS Antijam system integration (optional)

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- This was Alpin's debut in a real-time operation.
-TİTRA is working on a naval variant

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1701142639184097419

 

[Brave Janissary]

 

[Heartbang]

Oh I remember this. Thales claimed this drone was completely developed and manufactured in the UK. Bloody imperialists!

New drone completes first firing of missile in significant unmanned air combat milestone

A new versatile drone system capable of multiple types of combat mission over land, sea and air has completed a highly successful first trial firing of a Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) to bring the potential of unmanned air combat a step closer to reality.

www.thalesgroup.com

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1702337466735210719

The intellectual property (IP) rights of the Jackal UAV, designed and developed by Turkish engineers at Fly Bvlos, were acquired by the UK company Flyby Technology last July.

Huh. That explains it then. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Afif]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1702337466735210719

Huh. That explains it then. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So you have been ranting for no good reason brother.

 

[demir283]

about UAV on carrier from Uk . the video shows some skechy and questionable things.

- min 2.18 black dot appear to block vision on deck. also some lost frames.
- min 2.28-2.32 you clearly see a guy with remote on field.
- also during landing it moves diffrently.
- min 3.14-3.16 you see right behind Uav a guy with controller.

 

[Heartbang]

So you have been ranting for no good reason brother.

I disagree.

 

[Anmdt]

about UAV on carrier from Uk . the video shows some skechy and questionable things.

- min 2.18 black dot appear to block vision on deck. also some lost frames.
- min 2.28-2.32 you clearly see a guy with remote on field.
- also during landing it moves diffrently.
- min 3.14-3.16 you see right behind Uav a guy with controller.

Not sure if it has autopilot landing but in the case it does;
The guy with the remote is possibly waiting to take over if the autopilot goes haywire or misses something by great margin (same for take off and post take-off maneuvers).

This will be mandatory for other applications at the ship (plus for taxiing) hence the remote controlled for American drone on USN carrier. if autopilot fails at land, you lose an UAV at worst. If it fails at sea, you may lose crew, deck and operationability of the flight deck (that is also leads losing operationability of a vessel with a deck).

One may ask, why the operator wouldn't intervene to the autopilot from the console located in the operations room? It is because his view is from the UAV or the island, however you may need eyes both from runway and from UAV in case of such landings.

Despite of all the hype, even US is a decade or further far fromm fully autonomous flight, landing, take off and taxiing sequences on a carrier.

 

[Rodeo]

AKINCI fleet has accumulated over 30K hours of flight.

TB2s were over 600K hours, right?

 

[Kaan Azman]

Yeah, if we take 300 TB2s and at least 15 AKINCIs.

Average TB2 airtime: 2000+ hours
Average AKINCI airtime: 2000 hours

 

[Kaan Azman]

ANKA-4 or ANKA-5, I have no idea at this point. The render is a sample and ain't gonna be the final version. Just wanted to goof around with render settings tonight

 

[Bogeyman]

From a fair in Taiwan

 

[Rodeo]

Saffet Uyanık says as there are issues with procuring sufficient numbers of engines from Ukraine for T925/T929, T629 development will be accelerated. T925 will be going forward while T929 will be on the backburner.

This will affect both KIZILELMA and ANKA-3, too. Russia hit the Motor-Sich factory in Zaporizhia pretty bad. I don't expect many KIZILELMAs before TF6000's induction. Putting the drone into service in 2025 won't mean much unless you secure the engine supply first.