During a recent test, Baykar released a video of KEMANKEŞ 1 mini cruise missile, which was fired at a target on the ground from the Bayraktar TB2 Armed UAV.
The mini cruise missile's engine was started before the drop, as seen in the footage.
Another essential detail is an antenna under the wing, also present under AKINCI UCAV, used in the tests of the UAV-122 aeroballistic missile with a TV seeker. This suggests the antenna allows communication between the launch platform and optically-guided munitions with MITL capability so the operator can control the munition.
KEMANKEŞ 1 is a mini cruise missile weighing 40 kg, light enough for Bayraktar TB2 to carry two. Thanks to turbojet propulsion, KEMANKEŞ 1 can reach a range of 150 km in fire-and-forget mode and 50+ km with MITL. The guidance consists of GNSS and gimbal EO/IR, tripling as a terminal seeker, ISR tool (By feed to the operator), and navigation sensor. The five-kilogram warhead allows KEMANKEŞ 1 to engage fragile and critical targets like radars and missile launchers.
Bayraktar TB3 STOL UCAV will also be capable of using KEMANKEŞ 1, which will provide stand-off strike capability for supporting the operations of its mothership TCG ANADOLU (L400) LHD.
