Baykar has shared consecutive significant developments today. Firstly, they announced the T3 AI’LE, a large-scale artificial intelligence language model. Following that, they revealed that the latest and most powerful version of the Bayraktar Akıncı family, the Akıncı C UAV, successfully completed its first test flight.
Bayraktar Akıncı C completed its first test flight!
The Bayraktar Akıncı C, developed domestically and originally by Baykar, conducted its inaugural flight today at the Akıncı Flight Training and Test Center in Çorlu, Tekirdağ.
This latest variant of the Bayraktar Akıncı series, the Akıncı C, equipped with 2×850 HP (1700 HP) engines, demonstrated its capability to remain airborne for over one hour, successfully completing various test procedures related to aerodynamic parameters during this period.
Akıncı C specifications:
- Altitude of 45,000+ feet (13km+)
- Flight endurance exceeding 24 hours
- Speed of 195 knots (361km/h)
- Dimensions: 12.2m length, 20m wingspan, 4.1m height
- Fully automatic flight control and triple-redundant autopilot system
- Independent automatic and precise takeoff and landing without ground systems
- Global control via satellite communication
- No dependency on GPS with internal sensor fusion
- Capable of using laser-guided smart ammunition and our favorite SOM missile
- Equipped with AESA radar, Aselsan common aperture targeting system, and electronic warfare systems
- Takeoff weight of up to 6 tons
- Payload of up to 1.5 tons
Munitions that Bayraktar Akıncı can employ include:
- MAM L/C/T
- Cirit
- Penetrator Bomb
- L-UMTAS
- Bozok
- Gökdoğan
- Bozdoğan
- SOM-A cruise missile
- Precision Guidance Kit
- Laser Guidance Kit
- Mark 81/82/83
- Wing Guidance Kit Mark 82