Turkey to start UAV production
Turkey plans to start batch production of reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ANKA next year, Anadolu news agency quotes spokesman of the Turkish Defense Industry Ministry, Murad Bayar, as saying.
The army will receive UAV ANKA no earlier than late 2013, Bayar
said.
He said the Turkish state-owned aviation and aerospace industry
company will manufacture ANKA.
Turkey has worked to create first reconnaissance UAV since 2004.
About 180 engineers have been involved in the project which refers
to medium class vehicles with a long flight span.
In recent years, the Turkish military-industrial company has focused on manufacturing domestic defense products.
At present, Turkey conducts work to manufacture UAV Simsek (Lightning).
This is the second model of the UAV, designed by the Turkish
aerospace company..
Its length is 2.3 meters, with a wingspan of 1.5 meters. The
maximum takeoff weight is 75 kilograms, with a speed of 740
kilometers per hour.
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