Bayraktar TB3 SİHA, developed nationally and uniquely by Baykar, successfully completed its 13th test flight, in which it remained in the air for 32 hours. The National UCAV covered a total distance of 5,700 km in the sky during its 32-hour flight. Here are all the details…
Bayraktar TB3 remained in the air for 32 hours!
The testing process of Bayraktar TB3, an armed unmanned aerial vehicle developed nationally and uniquely by Baykar, continues successfully. The national SİHA, which went through successive performance tests after making its first flight on October 27, successfully completed its 13th flight test, where the system and endurance performance at medium altitude was measured.
Bayraktar TB3 SİHA remained in the air for 32 hours uninterruptedly at an average altitude of 20,000 feet in its 13th test flight held at AKINCI Flight Training and Test Center in Tekirdağ’s Çorlu district. The national UCAV, which took off with the PD-170 engine developed domestically by TEI, successfully passed all the tests in which the system and endurance performance at medium altitude were measured during the long flight test.
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Bayraktar TB3, the new record holder of the Baykar S/UAV family, covered a total distance of 5,700 km in the sky during its 32-hour flight. Bayraktar TB3, which remained in the air for 12 hours in the 12th flight test where the system performance at medium altitude was measured, thus broke its own record.
Bayraktar TB3 SİHA was exhibited publicly for the first time at TEKNOFEST Istanbul at Atatürk Airport between 27 April and 1 May, within the scope of TEKNOFEST, which was held in 3 major cities to crown the 100th anniversary of our Republic. Then he also participated in TEKNOFESTs held in Ankara and Izmir.
Bayraktar TB3 SİHA, whose wings were designed with a foldable structure, and Turkey’s first unmanned combat aircraft, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, were exhibited in Istanbul and Izmir on the flight deck of TCG Anadolu, which was previously called the world’s first SİHA ship. Hundreds of thousands of citizens visited Bayraktar TB3 and KIZILELMA, which took their places on the flight deck of TCG Anadolu, during the ceremonies held for the 100th anniversary of our Republic.
Bayraktar TB3 UCAV will be the first armed unmanned aerial vehicle in the world with the ability to take off and land from short-runway ships such as TCG Anadolu with its foldable wing structure. Baykar Chairman of the Board and Technology Leader Selçuk Bayraktar announced that they planned to start tests for Bayraktar TB3 on the TCG Anadolu ship in 2024.
The capabilities that Bayraktar TB3 will have will be an important innovation for unmanned aerial vehicles in this class. The national SİHA will also have beyond-line-of-sight communication capability, so it can be controlled from very long distances. Thus, it will have a multiplier effect on Turkey’s deterrent power by performing reconnaissance-surveillance, intelligence and attack missions against overseas targets with the smart munitions it carries.
Baykar, which has carried out all its projects with its own resources since the beginning, has obtained 83% of all its income from exports since the beginning of the UAV R&D process in 2003. According to the data of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) in 2021 and 2022, it became the export leader of the defense and aerospace industry.
Baykar, whose export rate was 99.3% in the contracts signed in 2022, achieved exports of 1.2 billion dollars. Export agreements have been signed with 33 countries, 32 countries for the Bayraktar TB2 SİHA, and 8 countries for the Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA so far.