By Published on 05/25/2020 – Last Updated on 05/25/2020 by OTC
The new Turkish unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) Akinci’s documentary released yesterday (May 24) on owner company Baykar’s YouTube channel, Baykar Technologies.
The documentary, also named AKINCI, includes development phases of the UCAV and covers a six-month period – till Dec. 6, 2019 – when it flew for the first time.
The documentary narrates studies of Bayraktar and leaders of engineering departments.
Akinci UCAV’s first prototype PT-1 made its second flight on Jan. 10 and the second prototype PT-2’s integration has recently been completed.
The UCAV, which can fly for 24 hours, has a 40,000-feet service ceiling, 20-meter (65-feet) wingspan, and capacity for carrying 1,350-kilogram (2,976-pound) of useful load.
Akinci, with a take-off weight of 5,500 kilograms (12,125 pounds), has two 450-hp engines, and it is configurable for 750-hp engines or locally-made 240-hp engines.
With the Akinci UCAV, Turkey becomes one of the three countries which can produce this type of UAVs.
Akinci, equipped with Turkish-made AESA (active electronically scanned array) radar and air-to-air missiles Gokdogan and Bozdogan, can launch several locally-made ammo, such as SOM (stand-off) cruise missile for startegic targets.
The vehicle can collect and save data from its sensors and cameras due to six artificial intelligence (AI) computers.
It will detect land targets, which cannot be seen by human eyes, and fly without a GPS, with its AI systems.
AKINCI is expected to be used by Turkish Navy as well, like Baykar’s UAV Bayraktar.
The documentary can be watched with English subtitles.
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