The latest Turkish-Ukrainian drone Akıncı made its first flight

The latest Turkish attack drone Akıncı, created jointly with Ukraine, made its first flight. It is reported by "Ukrainian Mіlіtarny Portal".

According to information posted on the portal, the Turkish UAV, on which Ukrainian AI-450 engines are installed, first flew into the air. The Akıncı drone spent 16 minutes in the air, flying in the area of ​​the aerodrome, and then landed. Prior to this, the drone passed ground tests, the last stage of which were small runs on the runway.

Ukrainian AI-450 engines were installed on a drone at the end of August this year after signing the agreement on the creation of a Ukrainian-Turkish joint venture, which included Ukrspetsexport and Baykar Defense. Previously, they planned to install PD-222 turbodiesel engines developed by Tusas Engine Industries (TEI) on UAVs, but then the project was adjusted for Ukrainian power plants. In September of the 2019 year, Ukraine sent to Turkey a second batch of engines in the amount of two units for these UAVs.

As previously stated in Ukraine, the new UAV is being developed taking into account the experience of armed conflicts of the 21 century and is intended mainly for the Ukrainian and Turkish armed forces.

Akıncı belongs to a new class of "heavy" drones. The wingspan of the UAV is 20 meters, they are equipped with two Ukrainian-made AI-450 engines. The flight altitude is declared at 12 thousand meters, the time spent in flight is a day. The drone is capable of lifting up to 900 kg of weapons in the air on external hangers and up to 450 kg in the internal fuselage compartments. Among the weapons - guided missiles, a variety of conventional and precision bombs.

Comments

[Sniper]

It turned out to be a good pepelats ... both in terms of thrust-weight ratio, in equipping weapons, and in flight time.

[Starper-xnumx]

This was reported by the "Ukrainian Militar Portal".

Fat was clearly used as a lubricant for parts .. hehe
Fly, fly the petal, across west to east ..

[Aviator_]

The Turks will not allow the use of fat on a joint drone, yet Muslims.

[Starper-xnumx]

Quote: Aviator_

The Turks will not allow the use of fat on a joint drone, yet Muslims.

The main thing for them is technology, and there they will sort everything out and lubricate as needed ..

[Mavrikiy]

On 0-19 video, it’s not time to change the lubricant, but diapers.

[Oquzyurd]

The woman is worried, so much work has been laid out, the first flight is all the same. Rather, it is an indicator of attachment to her own business, and experiencing is part of this.

[Rzzz]

Quote: Aviator_

still Muslims.

They are moderate Muslims. Reasonably without fanaticism. They drink vodka, they eat pork.

[Aviator_]

Mohammed didn’t forbid drinking vodka (then it wasn’t yet), he only imposed a ban on wine.

[Chess knight]

not true. what "fogs up" the brain here with wine, vodka and other dope ...

[Aviator_]

What about opium? After all, intoxicates, and how. (See the painting by V. Vereshchagin from his cycle about Central Asia of the XNUMXth century "Opium-eaters")

[mammadov teymur]

hello, in general, any stupefying means HARAM (prohibition)

[Aviator_]

Hello too. So, in your opinion, in the Islamic world, they don’t smoke anasha, not opium? You are very mistaken.

[mammadov teymur]

haram for all haram, ordinary people who smoke and consume kaifu smoke and consume. I don’t consume it myself for 10 years already. My only weakness is I like delicious, and when it’s tasty, I eat a lot. my friend (your namesake) says that gut-infestation is worse than drug addiction, that there is some kind of addiction in these words, so I think a Muslim or gut-dodger and what do you think?

[Altai72]

They drink vodka, they don’t eat pork!)))

[Piramidon]

Quote: Starper-777

he he

Vitalik, again your stupid "heh heh" sound worthy of neuropsychiatry. Well, after all, it seems that an adult is already a man, but everything is at the level of the younger group.

[cost]

Eh, Stepan, you are in VO.
"hehe", this is not a sound worthy of neuropsychiatry, but a personal "friend or foe" signal for the air defense forum

[TermNachTer]

Maybe good. But no one knows how long Motor Sich will be able to breathe? And how will it die, what engines will be installed?

[Mountain shooter]

Engines from MotorSich are obvious. So will the Chinese buy it, or not? And if they do, they won't cut off the oxygen?
And so, a very dangerous drone, for spaces that are not affected by air defense.

[water]

Yes Motorsich, probably about a month ago I watched DF about this papelats on the channel dedicated to the MC, there, in addition to MC, the Antonov Design Bureau seems to be using "brains" and software from Turkey.

[Shurik70]

AI-450 engines developed by the Ivchenko-Progress Design Bureau a few years before the Maidan, when there were still Soviet personnel in Ukraine. So the engine itself is reliable.
Another thing is the modern assembly and reliability of supply.
After Maidan, Ukraine has lost a lot in the reputation of a reliable partner.

[venik]

Quote: Shurik70

AI-450 engines developed by KB "Ivchenko-Progress" a few years before the Maidan

=====
AI-450 engines developed back in the USSR (In 1988 year!) .... Well, although if you call a quarter of a century as "several years" .... Well, then you can say so .....
Well, what about:

Quote: Shurik70

when in Ukraine there were still Soviet cadres

then - (Actually then in Ukraine - ALL, without exception, personnel - were "SOVIET" !!!

[TermNachTer]

AI - 450 - this is a purely independent development. It has nothing to do with the USSR.

[bk316]

AI - 450

How does it not have if KB "Ivchenko-Progress" developed it in 1988?

[TermNachTer]

I’m sorry, I got confused with AI - 500.

[Aristarkh Lyudvigovich]

Akıncı belongs to a new class of heavy drones. In Russia, the Kazan Design Bureau. Simonova was contracted to create the first heavy drone Altius (Altair) in Russia - at a ridiculous price. R&D allocated 4,6 billion rubles. To complete the task, the company was forced to take a loan of 480 million rubles. The drone flies, but not yet ready. In May 2019, the Aircraft Building District Court of Kazan sent into custody the chief designer of the Design Bureau named after Simonov Alexander Gomzin. The designer has been under investigation since April 2018 and is accused of fraud, abuse of authority and misuse of budget funds as part of the development of the heavy Altair unmanned aircraft. Later it became known that the Altius project was transferred to Ural Civil Aviation Plant JSC (UZGA).

[Aviator_]

And on whose dviguns "Altius" flies?

[donavi49]

Reds are Austrian as a whole, everything in this segment (Yak-152 for example)

[Aristarkh Lyudvigovich]

The localization of this engine in Russia has been stalled for 2 years already (by the way, perhaps because of this, the Yak-152 has not yet been accepted by the Ministry of Defense; and accordingly its mass production has not been launched - but these are my assumptions).

[knn54]

It looks like it is possible to give up on the Turtle project.

[rotmistr60]

Mountain shooter
Engines from MotorSich are obvious. So will the Chinese buy it, or not? And if they do, they won't cut off the oxygen?

The Americans do not allow the Chinese to sell. And even if the Chinese would buy what reason they should cut off oxygen for the supply of engines under the concluded agreements.

[The leader of the Redskins]

This is no longer a "strike drone" capable of firing only a couple of ATGMs. Based on the payload, an "unmanned bomber" ...

[Oquzyurd]

"unmanned bomber" ... Equipped with air-to-air missiles

[askort154]

The AI-450 engine, created back in the USSR, and its many modifications, still successfully occupies its niche in light-motor aviation, including helicopters.
The Turks had their eyes on it - very cheap compared to the "Westerners". This is the whole "compatibility" of the creation of the Turkish UAV - Akinci.
He has no prospects. The plant "Sich", which remained from the USSR in Ukraine, was put up for sale to China, but the Americans said "no!" And since Ukraine is now completely under the USA, and the Sich plant does not interest them at all (it is "O" for them), but,
is an accomplice for countries such as Turkey and China, they will ruin it in an elementary way. How the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation collapsed in the 90s.
So, the Sich plant is doomed to 100%.

[Zufei]

Lying. The AI-450T engine is produced by Ivchenko-Progress Design Bureau, which is part of the Ukroboronprom concern. It has nothing to do with Motor.

[bk316]

AI-450T engine is produced by Ivchenko-Progress Design Bureau,

It is released strongly said 2 pieces made them. Designed by KB Ivchenko-Progress.
As I understand it, they founded a joint office for the production of Sich and Ivchenko, but the production should have been based on the Sich motor.

[Zufei]

The motor does not release the AI-450T. Do you think the Turks got confused with a heavy "drummer" having two engines? ;-)

[bk316]

Do you think the Turks got confused with a heavy "drummer" having two engines? ;-)

You than read emoticons read the joint press release of the Turks and Ivchenko, it clearly says the FIRST TWO ENGINES.
And the motor does not release because no one releases, but planned to produce sich, again on their website everything is written on your favorite mov.
In general, the factories belong to Sich, Ivchenko-Progress is still KB

[Zufei]

Why do I need a press release? I test them

[bk316]

I test them

Well then, look at the number on the engine

[Zufei]

Article 328. The disclosure of state secrets.

[bk316]

The disclosure of state secrets.

And I do not ask you to disclose anything. See for yourself, you don’t believe the press releases.

[Thrifty]

Ukroina will be like the United States, with the help of such drones to destroy the civilian population of Donbass. ..

[Mik1701]

REDUCE, this is not for you to destroy ...

[Nikolaevich I]

There was a message that a private company in Russia was allocated funds to finalize the 100-hp axial piston engine. for installation on drones ... In the event of a successful completion, the company will begin to develop more powerful axial piston engines ...

[Paul Siebert]

Here is an example of how much the Turks value Russian initiatives!
There were few Turkish armored vehicles in the Georgian units of the invasion of Ossetia.
These guys will not calm down.
"Both yours and ours" is their motto.
Neo-Ottomanism is their idea ...

[Dima_Anlim]

But the Turks - the Turks are nothing personal, business, only business.

[superman]

The plane looks cool

[Looking for]

What kind of Vasyok are you? Vasil you ho ..... ohyy.A lot of your "brother" has appeared.vse. as one with one year registration and related comments.

[Radical]

Quote: Nikolaevich I

There was a message that a private company in Russia was allocated funds to finalize the 100-hp axial piston engine. for installation on drones ... In the event of a successful completion, the company will begin to develop more powerful axial piston engines ...

So we will wait ... for the next criminal case on the theft of state monetary funds. Or we will not, if "a certain firm" suddenly turns out to be affiliated with some "Rusnano", or owned by someone from ....

[Zaurbek]

I'm all about design ... compare ours and Turk.

[Oquzyurd]

The Turks have a good design school. This month they will provide the public with their own electric cars, 2 or 3 models, with batteries (based on boron) and engines of their own design. I am sure that these cars will have a beautiful design.

[Zaurbek]

And what prevents us from having such a design?

[Oquzyurd]

“And what prevents us from having such a design?” Training, the experience of the design school in such devices, the material base and today's manufacturing technologies, etc. For example, Baykar has long had its own training contingent, in all directions, from Moreover, they hold competitions in technical universities, select talented ones, and they are separately allocated high scholarships from the funds of the company, they monitor the training of these students, and after graduation from the university, these young personnel are hired, etc. Other companies, such as Roketsan, Aselsan, Havelsan, etc., are doing the same. They have already created an unbroken chain of profiling education - from school to university, and from university to companies, which already guarantees planned development for many years to come.

[Oquzyurd]

Developed by AYKAR, the Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicle AKINCI Attack (TIHA) successfully completed its first flight tests.
Turkey, along with BAYRAKTAR raiders flying unmanned aerial vehicles in this class was one of four countries in the world. BAYKAR National S / H System production and R & D center in the unmanned aerial vehicle, which developed the most advanced functions and Turkey BAYRAKTAR Akıncı LA made its first engine test on September 1, 2019.
After the first launch of the engine, Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA was transferred to the base command of the Chorlu Airport, located in the Chorlu Tekirda area, for the first flight tests. TİHA successfully completed its first flight with the completion of taxi tests and sea trials. Bayraktar AKINCI, which remained airborne for 16 minutes after smoothly completed fully automatic taxiing and take-off at 15.19, also successfully completed its first fully automatic landing after completing cruise tests.
Developed by BAYKAR with domestic and national resources, the Turkish Armed Forces, the General Security Directorate, the Gendarmerie General Command and the National Intelligence Organization, actively used and exported to Ukraine and Qatar, are armed with the TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle, which is longer and wider Bayraktar AKINCI Strike unmanned aerial vehicle complete strategic tasks.
Bayraktar AKINCI, which can remain in the air for 24 hours and has a service ceiling of 40 thousand feet, stands out with a total lifting capacity of 1350 kg, including 400 kg inside and 950 kg outside. Bayraktar AKINCI TIHA, whose take-off mass is 5,5 tons, rises into the sky with two 450-hp turboprop engines. Bayraktar Akıncı TİHA is also designed for flights in various configurations for 2x750 hp engines. and 2x200 hp

[Oquzyurd]

The aircraft platform, with a wingspan of 20 meters with a unique twisted wing structure, will also provide high flight safety thanks to fully automatic flight control and 3 backup autopilots. Bayraktar AKINCI, which will be able to fulfill the responsibilities of transporting national ammunition due to its payload capacity, will become a powerful multiplier with the ability to launch cruise missiles. Bayraktar AKINCI National ammunition manufactured by TIHA, TUBITAK / SAGE and Roketsan MAM-L, MAM-C, Javelin, L-UMTAS, Bozok, MK-81, MK-82, MK-83, Bird Guidance Kit (KGK) 82, Gokdogan, Bozdogan, COM will be able to use missiles. Bayraktar AKINCI TIHA, which will carry out some of the tasks carried out by the F-16, will have a high situational awareness with the nationally produced AESA radar, which is located at the nose. Able to conduct operations with domestic and national air-to-air ammunition, which should be transported under the wing.
Advanced artificial intelligence
The aircraft, which will carry critical loads, such as the EO / IR camera, AESA radar produced by ASELSAN at the national level, the Beyond View Line communications system (satellite communications) and electronic support, will also have advanced AI capabilities. In addition, using 3 artificial intelligence computers, sensors and cameras on an airplane, you can collect information by recording data. This artificial intelligence system, which can detect aircraft tilt angles, tilt angles and orientations without the need for any external sensors or global positioning systems, will provide environmental awareness through geographic information. An improved artificial intelligence system will be able to make decisions by processing the data received. The artificial intelligence system, which can detect ground targets that cannot be detected by the human eye, will allow more efficient use of Bayraktar AKINSI.
High situational awareness
Nationally developed AESA radar with high situational awareness can perform the task of Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA, electro-optical systems with synthetic aperture radar (SAR), allowing you to receive images even in bad weather conditions. The weather radar and multipurpose airborne platform will receive an aircraft platform, thanks to which these capabilities will become a leader in their class.

Twitter account announced
BAYKAR CTO Selcuk Bayraktar, Akinci Attack Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TIHA) during its maiden flight, stated in his official Twitter address: “TIHA - Passion, Faith, Imagination, Perseverance. We would like to thank our nation for supporting and praying for us. "

[Oquzyurd]

Translated from Turkish sources

[mehan]

Quote: Piramidon

Quote: Starper-777

he he

Vitalik, again your stupid "heh heh" sound worthy of neuropsychiatry. Well, after all, it seems that an adult is already a man, but everything is at the level of the younger group.

The BIOS is wired.

[mehan]

Well then, a good start.
Moreover, it’s not a quadrocopter, and not a cut of an outdated licensed model.
Not a Hunter, of course, but already flies.
With engines, problems are not expected, this is important.
The model is very useful to both countries, and it will go for export. I think the price will be attractive ....

[Bshkaus]

I recall the old days ...
News at HE in 2011-13:
Russian Air Force ordered another batch of aircraft ...
The Russian army signed a contract for the purchase of armored vehicles ...
In Russia, the development of a new rocket has begun ...
A contract for the purchase of ... helicopters for the Russian Aerospace Forces was signed
etc.
News on VO from December 08, 2019
The latest American aircraft carrier was launched ...
The first flight of the Ukrainian-Turkish drone ...
For the first time in ... years in Ukraine, air refueling was carried out ...
Switzerland bought armored cars ...
Iran introduced a new drone ...

[Earth]

You can listen in English.

although you can enable subtitles
2,50 Engines IVchenko Progress.
Well, about cooperation and engineers.
Turks benefit from such cooperation. Engines are cheaper more convenient, the supplier is not like Germany (it almost does not deliver). Plus, the engineers of the two companies have a different work front, two databases - and an exchange. Sets from Ukroboronprom. Count the Turks themselves + Ukrainians = guaranteed order from 2 countries.