of the TAF capable of long-term missions for medium altitude UAV in line with the needs of Undersecretariat of Defense Industry with (SSM) Turkish Aerospace Industry (TAI) As a result of the agreement entered into force with the dialogue signed between ANKA TİHA (Turkish Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) program officially started.
TAI developed by PHOENIX The unmanned aerial vehicle named UAV emerged from the hangar on July 16, 2010. Then, 6 months later, on 30 December, it successfully made its maiden flight. After 3 years of testing and prototype development Turkish Armed Forces in 2013. entered the inventory.
ANKA broke the record for the longest flight!
Last month, we shared with you that the ANKA and ANKA-S models managed to pass an important step by completing 100 thousand flight hours, which is an important threshold in aviation. This time, he broke the record for the longest flight without landing in a sortie.
Although it has proven itself many times at the front and in various missions, airtime is of great importance in terms of aviation history. According to the post on TAI’s official Twitter account, ANKA managed to break the record by performing a full 30 hours and 30 minutes of mission flight.
ANKA features
- autonomous flight control system
- Automatic take-off and landing system
- High speed data connection
- Landing on emergency avenues
- anti-icing ability
- Wingspan: 17.5m
- Length: 8.6m
- Height: 3.25m
- Airtime: 30+ hours
- Useful load capacity: 350+ kg
- Maximum altitude: 30,000 ft.
- Antenna range: 250+km
- ANKA-S comes with satellite connection (can be controlled from anywhere in the world)
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