Another exciting and proud news came from Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA, which was developed nationally and originally by Baykar within the scope of the AKINCI Project carried out under the leadership of the Presidency of Defense Industries. Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA’s (Assault Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) model, which is equipped with two 750 horsepower engines, has set its national aviation altitude record higher.
COMPETING WITH ITSELF
Bayraktar AKINCI B, which took off at 19:31 on 21 June 2022 to carry out endurance, high altitude and high speed tests in the presence of the Presidency of Defense Industries and Air Forces Command delegations to be delivered to the Air Forces Command, reached the destination with a national aircraft belonging to him. He broke the record for highest altitude again. Bayraktar AKINCI B, which rose to an altitude of 45 thousand 118 feet (13 thousand 716 meters) within the scope of the test, returned to Bayraktar AKINCI Flight, Training and Test Center at Çorlu Airport Command after 20 hours and 23 minutes of flight.
BROKEN THE ALTITUDE RECORD 3 TIMES
Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA’s Bayraktar AKINCI A model, which operates with 2 engine configurations of 450 horsepower, broke the record by climbing to an altitude of 38 thousand 39 feet within the scope of the test carried out on July 8, 2021. Bayraktar AKINCI B model, on the other hand, reached an altitude of 40,170 feet on March 11, 2022, and set its own record higher. Bayraktar AKINCI B, which reached an altitude of 45 thousand 118 feet on June 22, 2022, broke the altitude record for the third time.
6 thousand 406 kilometers traveled
The delegations of the Presidency of Defense Industries and Air Forces Command at Bayraktar AKINCI Flight, Training and Test Center for the reception activities of Bayraktar AKINCI Bs to be delivered to the Air Force Command also witnessed these historical moments. AKINCI B successfully completed its test activity after traveling a total of 6 thousand 406 kilometers during the flight, which took 20 hours and 23 minutes, in which high speed trials were also carried out.
AKINCI IS ON THE ANATOLIAN EAGLE FOR THE FIRST TIME
Bayraktar AKINCI B takes part in the Anatolian Eagle Exercise simultaneously, in addition to the ongoing test activities. Bayraktar AKINCI, who performed the mission flight in the scenario within the scope of the exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean during the record flight, thus appeared in the first comprehensive Air Force exercise since 29 August 2021, when it entered the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces.
TAKING UP FROM BATMAN HIT TARGETS IN THE AEGEAN
Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA successfully fired at the targets determined in the Doğanbey Shooting Exercise Area in Seferihisar, taking off from the base where it was stationed in Batman, during the EFES-2022 Joint Shooting Actual Exercise held in Izmir Seferihisar, again in June, and returned to its base in Batman. had returned.
EXPORT NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE
Export contracts have been signed with 4 countries for Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA and with 22 countries for Bayraktar TB2 SİHA. While the deliveries of Bayraktar TB2 SİHAs continue within the scope of the contracts, Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA and ground systems are expected to be delivered periodically as of 2023. Having exported 664 million dollars of S/UAV systems in 2021, Baykar became the company that exports the most in the field of defense and aerospace, according to the data announced by the Turkish Exporters Assembly. Negotiations continue with many countries that are interested in the National TİHA Bayraktar AKINCI and Bayraktar TB2 SİHA. (UAV)