Baykar Bayraktar Akıncı
Bayraktar Akinci (Turkish pronunciation: [bairaktar akinji], Raider lit. "Akinji") is a multirole high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) being manufactured by the Turkish defence company Baykar. The first three units entered service with the Turkish Armed Forces on 29 August 2021. The aircraft has a 6 ton maximum takeoff weight (MTOW), of which over 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) is payload. Depends on variants, Akıncı is equipped with two turboprop engines of either 450 hp (460 PS; 340 kW) or 750 hp (760 PS; 560 kW) or 850 hp (860 PS; 630 kW), as well as electronic support and ECM systems, dual satellite communication systems, air-to-air radar, collision avoidance radar, and advanced synthetic-aperture radar.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Baykar
- Category
- Drones / UAS
- Country of origin
- Turkey
- First flight
- 2019-12-06
- Length
- 12.2 m
- Wingspan
- 20 m
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 150 kt
- Max speed
- 195 kt
- Range
- 4,000 nm
- Service ceiling
- 45,000 ft
- Max takeoff weight
- 13,228 lb
- Powerplant
- 2 × Ivchenko-Progress Motor Sich AI-450T, 2 × PT6A-135A, 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6
- Engines
- 2
- Length
- 40.3 ft
- Wingspan
- 65.6 ft
- Height
- 13.1 ft
- Number built
- 110
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.