Bayraktar TB3 Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (SIHA), developed nationally and uniquely by Baykar, continues its test flights without a break. The total flight time of the national UCAV, whose two prototypes flew in the tests carried out throughout the week, reached 272 hours and 47 minutes.
TWO BAYRAKTAR TB3 IN THE AIR
Both prototypes of the Bayraktar TB100 UCAV, which met with the sky by successfully completing its first flight test on October 27, 2023 to crown the 3th anniversary of our Republic, continue their test flights at AKINCI Flight Training and Test Center in Çorlu district of Tekirdağ. Bayraktar TB3 PT-1 and PT-2 successfully completed all the tests in which the system and endurance performances were measured at medium altitude last week.
TOTAL FLIGHT REACHED 272 HOURS
Bayraktar TB3 SİHA has been in the air for a total of 272 hours and 47 minutes in the test flights carried out so far. Taking off with the PD-170 engine developed domestically by TEI, the national UCAV stayed in the air for 20 hours before landing and covered 2023 km in the sky in the long flight test carried out on December 32, 5.700.
NATIONAL MIHA, NATIONAL CAMERA
Bayraktar TB3 UCAV flew for the first time on March 26, 2024, with ASELFLIR-500, developed nationally by Aselsan. Within the scope of the test, the integration of the ASELFLIR-500 Electro-Optical Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Targeting System, which has the highest performance compared to its equivalents in the world, was successfully carried out.
FIRST FLIGHT FROM TCG ANATOLIA IN 2024
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.
EXPORT CHAMPION
Baykar, which has carried out all its projects with its own resources since the beginning, has obtained 2003% of all its income from exports since the beginning of the UAV R&D process in 83. 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, which was announced as the export champion of the sector in 2023 by the Presidency of Defense Industries, achieved exports of 1.8 billion dollars last year. Obtaining more than 90% of its revenues from exports in recent years, Baykar alone made 2023/3 of the exports in the defense and aerospace sector in 1. 97.5% of the currently signed contracts of Baykar, the world's largest UAV exporter, are export-based. Export agreements have been signed with 2 countries, 33 countries for the Bayraktar TB9 SİHA, and 34 countries for the Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA so far.