Close Review: Aksungur Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle, Turkiye

Drone Aksungur is one of the products  unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufactured by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). TAI success to developed this Medium-Altitude long Endurance (MALE) UAV and started its first flight in 2019.

Aksungur have many capabilities for military operation, such us intelligence operation, surveillance, reconnaissance, ground attack, strike mission, maritime patrol and signal intelligence.

 

Aksungur dimensions

Length	12.5 meter
Height	3,1 meter
Wingspan	24,2 meter

 

Maximum range

More than 250 km

 

Engine

Aksungur powered by dual PD-170 twin-turbocharged diesel engines which located in mounted under the wings (power output of 170 hp)

 

Payload

More than 750 kg. (Note: maximum take-off weight is 3.300 kg)

 

Endurance

Maximum endurance of 50 hours

 

Aksungur was delivered to the Turkish navy in October 2021. Many countries also use this UAV such us Angola, Aljazair, Algeria and Kyrgyzstan