The flight test campaign of Bayraktar Kızılelma unmanned fighter aircraft, which was developed by Baykar completely with its own resources, continues in the planned direction. Within the scope of the campaign, Bayraktar Kızılelma broke new ground. Forward He performed arm flight with TİHA.
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Bayraktar Kızılelma, Turkey’s first unmanned fighter aircraft, has passed another important stage within the scope of the flight test campaign. Bayraktar Kızılelma is located in Çorlu district of Tekirdağ. Forward Bayraktar in his 9th and 10th flight tests at the Flight Training and Test Center. Forward He performed arm flight with TİHA.
Within the scope of the test, there was a first when an unmanned warplane and an unmanned aerial vehicle performed arm flight. Thus, the compatibility and potential impact of high-tech unmanned platforms, developed by Baykar nationally and specifically, was demonstrated once again.
New speed record from Bayraktar Kızılelma: He stormed!
Bayraktar Kızılelma, who made high-speed maneuvering trials in his 8th test flight today, managed to break the speed record.
The development and production activities of Bayraktar Kızılelma, whose two prototypes have been produced successfully so far, and which will meet our nation at Atatürk Airport within the scope of TEKNOFEST 2023 between April 27 and May 1, continue. It is planned to start mass production of the national unmanned warplane in 2024.
First flight from TCG Anadolu in 2025
Bayraktar KIZILELMA and Bayraktar TB3 SİHA took their place on the flight deck of the TCG Anadolu, which will be the world’s first SİHA ship, at the inventory acceptance ceremony held on April 10. Bayraktar Kızılelma Unmanned Fighter Aircraft, the second prototype of which was produced at the ceremony, is expected to start flight tests from TCG Anadolu ship in 2025.
TCG Anadolu Ship, Bayraktar Kızılelma and Bayraktar TB3 SİHA were opened to the visit of citizens at Istanbul Sarayburnu Port on 17 April. In this context, tens of thousands of our citizens visited the TCG Anadolu ship on the flight deck of Bayraktar Kızılelma and Bayraktar TB3 SİHA.
Bayraktar Kızılelma project, which Baykar set out with 100% equity capital, started in 2021. Bayraktar Kızılelma, with the tail number of TC-ÖZB, which came off the production line on November 14, 2022, was transferred to AKINCI Flight Training and Test Center in Çorlu. After successfully completing the ground tests here, it made its first flight on 14 December 2022.
Bayraktar Kızılelma met with the sky in a record time like a year. Last week, it made an important progress by performing 8 flights in total with 4 flights that it carried out during the days of 18-20 April. Within the scope of last week’s flights, it successfully completed the system identification and maneuvering tests with the landing gear closed for the first time at high speeds. Bayraktar Kızılelma reached a speed of 630 km/h in these tests.
Mission with smart fleet autonomy
Bayraktar Kızılelma, Turkey’s first unmanned fighter aircraft, will perform air-to-air combat with its artificial intelligence capability along with air-ground missions. Bayraktar Kızılelma unmanned warplane will be a power multiplier for Turkey with its low radar cross section and low visibility. Bayraktar Kızılelma will be a platform that will revolutionize the battlefield with its take-off and landing capability from short-runway ships.
Bayraktar Kızılelma, which has a take-off weight of 8.5 tons and a payload capacity of 1500 kg, will also have high situational awareness with the national AESA radar. Bayraktar Kızılelma, which will use all nationally developed ammunition, will be able to operate with smart fleet autonomy.
Baykar, as a result of a competitive process, left its American, European and Chinese competitors behind and started 2023 with the export contract for Bayraktar TB2 of 370 million dollars, with the agreement signed with the Kuwait Ministry of Defense.
Baykar, which has been carrying out all its projects with its own resources from the beginning to the present, has obtained 75% of all its revenues from exports since the beginning of the UAV R&D process in 2003. In 2021, it became the export leader of the defense and aerospace industry, according to the data of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM).
Baykar, whose export rate was 99.3% in the contracts signed in 2022, made exports of 1.18 billion dollars. Baykar, which is the biggest exporter of the defense and aerospace industry, has a turnover of 1.4 billion dollars in 2022. Export agreements have been signed with 28 countries for Bayraktar TB2 SİHA and with 6 countries for Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA.