Turkey hosted a historical event. For the first time in the world, a swarm concept attack was carried out with the joint UAV-IDA operation. The new protector of the Blue Homeland, Albatros Kamikaze İDA (unmanned marine vehicle), hit the target ship at sea with full accuracy and sank it within the scope of the test firing. The new power of Blue Homeland was developed by ASELSAN engineers with local and national resources. Thus, Albatros Kamikaze İDA will strengthen Turkey’s power at sea. Here are the details…
The first UAV-IDA operation in world history: Bayraktar TB2 marked, Albatros Kamikaze IDA shot!
According to the statement made by the Ministry of National Defense, test firings took place in Mersin for the Albatros Kamikaze IDA developed by ASELSAN. With this successful test, new unmanned marine vehicles will be Turkey’s protectors at sea. Albatross moves at high speed on water, allowing the explosive it contains to hit enemy targets and detonate them.
Within the scope of the test, Albatros, which can move in a swarm of 8, carried out an attack against the target ship. One of the Albatros Kamikaze İDA swarm, which had ammunition belonging to ROKETSAN, hit the target ship and exploded. Thus, as a result of the successful test firing, the unmanned marine vehicle managed to sink the 22-meter target ship within minutes.
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Within the scope of this test, Bayraktar TB2 UAV affiliated with the Naval Forces Command also took part. Bayraktar TB2 UAV detected the target. Then, the unmanned marine vehicles managed to hit the target accurately. In this way, this operation managed to make its mark in history as the world’s first UAV-IDA joint operation.
The Commander of the Naval Forces followed this important test off the coast of Mersin at the Naval Forces Command Headquarters. At the headquarters, Naval Forces Commander Admiral Ercüment Tatlıoğlu was accompanied by Presidential Defense Industry President Haluk Görgün, ASELSAN General Manager Ahmet Akyol and other officials.
Defense Industry President Prof. Dr. Haluk Görgün, in a post from his X (Twitter) account, “Our national technologies continue to make history in the Blue Homeland. We have opened a new era in the seas with the joint operation of BAYRAKTAR TB2 and ASELSAN ALBATROS Kamikaze İDA. May it be good for our country. We congratulate all our engineers and technical team who contributed to this successful test.’‘ said
Authorities took precautions to ensure that no marine creatures or the environment were harmed during the test. The personnel on duty washed the target ship. In this way, the target ship was cleared of factors such as fuel and oil that would cause sea pollution when it sank.