IDEF25: Baykar Shows KIZILELMA with IRST and EOTS
Baykar has put KIZILELMA unmanned fighter on display with onboard IRST, EOTS, and DAS systems to show the other sensor provisions at the IDEF25 exhibition.
Aı-322F News
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
Engine and Transmission
Expo and Air Show
Investment
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
Baykar Prepares for Jet Engine Production in Samsun
Baykar’s recent investment is for the production of various gas turbine engines in a facility being set up inside the Samsun Tekkeköy OSB industrial zone.
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
Bayraktar KIZILELMA PT3 Takes Off Using Afterburner
Following a series of ground tests for the afterburner mode, Baykar’s KIZILELMA unmanned fighter’s third prototype, PT3, took flight utilising the afterburner.
Unmanned Systems
KIZILELMA’s Third Prototype Takes to the Skies
Baykar’s KIZILELMA unmanned fighter’s third prototype, or the production prototype, performed its maiden flight.
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
KIZILELMA’s Third Prototype Ignites the Afterburner
During a ground test, Baykar performed the afterburner test of the third prototype of its KIZILELMA unmanned fighter.
Unmanned Systems
Is the New KIZILELMA Prototype a Supersonic one?
KIZILELMA’s new prototype was spotted during Saudi officials’ visit to Baykar. Some changes hint that this prototype might be designed to fly supersonic.
Air
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Unmanned Systems
TUSAŞ to Develop Twin-Engine ANKA-3 UCAV Variant
Kotil stated that a twin-engine configuration of ANKA-3 flying-wing UCAV will be developed to accompany the KAAN fighter jet.
Engine and Transmission
Akar: Ukraine will Provide KIZILELMA’s Engine
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar stated that Turkish Ukrainian defence agreement on the engine continues.
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
Baykar started KIZILELMA Jet engine integration tests
Baykar announced it had completed the KIZILELMA fighter UAV’s first engine integration test. The UAV is scheduled to conduct its maiden flight next year.
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
Bayraktar: MIUS to fly in 2023
Baykar Chief of Technology (CoT) Selçuk Bayraktar met with students at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University and talked about recent works carried out at Baykar.
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
Expo and Air Show
Baykar inks UCAS Engine agreement at Saha Expo
Turkish UAV Manufacterer Baykar and Ukranian engine producer Ivchenko Progress sign engine procurement agreement.
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