![]() The flight-tolerant sensor architecture of the tactical drone offers high performance. The maximum take-off weight of the UAS is 630kg and the payload carrying capacity is more than 55kg. ![]() It is 6.5m long and has a wingspan of 12m. The UAS is attached with retractable nose landing gear and fixed rear landing gear. The advanced sensor fusion techniques allow the UAS to perform fully autonomous taxi, take-off, landing and parking. It is equipped with sandwich structure wings and tails. The indigenously designed Bayraktar tactical UAS features a modular composite structure built using carbon fibre and Kevlar with epoxy resins. The Turkish Land Forces Command completed acceptance activities of six Bayraktar tactical airframes and two ground control stations in November 2014. The drone flew at an altitude of 18,000ft for up to 23 hours and 30 minutes during the 24-hour endurance flight test. The Undersecretariat for Defence Industries of Turkey (SSM) carried out a fully autonomous flight test of the UAS at Kesan Airport in August 2014. The Bayraktar tactical UAS with full payload onboard reached an altitude of 27,030ft during a flight test in June 2014. The second and third tests were conducted in May 2014. The unmanned air vehicle successfully completed its first fully automatic flight test in April 2014. ![]() ![]() The preliminary design phase was completed in May 2012. The UAS was selected by the Turkish Land Forces Command in 2010 and the contract was signed in November 2011. It was unveiled at the IDEF exhibition held in Istanbul in May 2011. The medium-altitude, long-endurance Bayraktar tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) is developed by a joint venture between Kale Group and Baykar Makina to meet the surveillance and reconnaissance requirements of the Turkish Land Forces. ![]()
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