Details of the first flight of the ANKA-3 Unmanned Combat Aircraft:
The first flight of ANKA-3, the third member of TAI's Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) family, lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Reaching an altitude of 8 thousand feet, ANKA-3 reached a speed of 150 knots. On December 28, at 08:38 in the morning, ANKA-3 took off from the runway and performed the runway crossing test on this flight.
The flight of the ANKA-3 was accompanied by the HÜRKUŞ Basic Trainer Aircraft and the ANKA Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries with indigenous capabilities.
ANKA-3, a new generation UAV system, will be able to perform many missions such as reconnaissance, surveillance and intelligence; attack with different air-ground munitions; prey scanning by engaging enemy helicopters, propeller aircraft and UAVs with air-air munitions; neutralizing enemy RF emitting radar and air defence systems; protection of friendly forces in the air and on the ground; signal and communication intelligence; electronic warfare; operation and communication relay with other friendly elements.
The ANKA-3 system will be able to carry 650 kg of ammunition in each of the two stations in the fuselage, 650 kg in each of the inner wing stations and 100 kg in each of the outer stations. This will enable the integration of a wide range of options, from the most commonly used ammunition in today's unmanned aerial vehicles to large ammunition such as SOM-J, MK-82 and Miniature Bombs (SDB).