Domestic Kamikaze UAV ‘Kargı’ Exhibited For The First Time

The Turkish defense industry, which continues to grow day by day, has revealed a new unmanned aerial vehicle that will soon enter the inventory to meet the needs of the Turkish Armed Forces. With the support of TUBITAK Kargı Project initiated by Lentatekexhibited for the first time today.

Carrying many firsts for the Turkish Defense Industry, Kargı will serve as a kamikaze UAV. EFES-2022 Exercise The UAV, which was shown for the first time within the scope of the project, will enter mass production very soon, according to the shared information. Project led by Lentatek In cooperation with ASELSAN, TÜBİTAK, SAGE and TEI being executed.

Air defense systems will be targeted to be under pressure:

The pike is equipped with radars in enemy integrated air defense and enemy surface-to-air weapon systems. suppression and detection developed for the purpose. Thanks to its rocket engine, the aircraft is launched from canisters used as storage boxes, can hover over the enemy airspace for a long time, and can detect and destroy the target with its RF seeker and destruction system.

Kargı, which is declared to be developed with national and domestic facilities, made its first successful flight in 2018. of Kargi as a result of localization efforts of foreign origin components Systems such as RF seeker head and destruction system, flight engine, launch engine, link system, propeller and fuel tank were developed locally. The aircraft, Kargı, which was designed as a result of R&D work, will add strength to the TAF with its cost and time advantages.