Turkish Idealab has unveiled its jet-powered Wildgoose UAV for various types of missions on its page for the IDEF25 defence exhibition to be held in Istanbul.
Wildgoose will serve as an ISR and attack platform, adopting a delta wing layout. The UAV will be powered by Idealab’s IL-600 turbojet engine, which puts out 600 N of thrust.
No specifications are given on the Wildgoose yet. Still, it can be assumed from the use of a turbojet engine that it will have a higher cruise speed compared to propeller-driven UAVs of similar configuration. This would also mean a range of hundreds of kilometres when used as a kamikaze UAV.
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Turbojet engines developed by Idealab also power Baykar’s Kemankeş 1 and 2 jet-powered loitering munitions. The firm’s portfolio includes turbojet engines with thrust classes of 170 N to 1600 N.
IL-600 to power Wildgoose is also set to be used on TÜBİTAK SAGE’s Kuzgun TJ stand-off munition and TUSAŞ’s Şimşek target UAV.
Author: Kaan Azman
Editor:Özgür Ekşi
