Indian Press: Turkey Changes True Wing Concept to Protect Akinci Drones

Major countries are exploring the possibility of securing their expensive fighter jets by sending relatively cheap drones on combat missions with them. However, unlike these states, for the sake of protecting drones Bayraktar Akinci Turkey is changing this concept of "faithful follower".

This is how the Indian columnist Aakash Srivastava argues in an article for the EurAsian Times.

The Indian press notes that there is a need to protect the highly valued Akinci UAVs. According to experts, the entry into service of these drones will lead the Turkish Air Force to revise its rules of air warfare. An idea under consideration is that F-16 fighters armed with air-to-air missiles would provide cover for Akinci drones flying towards their targets.

Ankara has been subject to US sanctions for the acquisition of Russian S-400 air defense systems. This means that Turkey may not be able to upgrade its American-made F-16s in the near future. At the same time, the Turkish Air Force will strengthen the Akinci drones capable of participating in long-range missions.

The wingspan of the Bayraktar Akinci drone is 20 meters. It is capable of carrying a combat load weighing 1350 kilograms, of which 450 kg can be located inside the fuselage. The drone is capable of continuously staying in the air for up to a day, and its maximum flight altitude is 12 kilometers.

Comments

[dauria]

the dinosaur has outgrown the optimal size, it's time to die out .. Of the slow-moving ones, they will remain the size of the "Eagle". No stripes are needed and the price of a ruble is a bucket. And the picture will be transferred or brought from the "autonomous system" right up to the operational depth ..

[Zaurbek]

This is just the optimal size and is ...... Reaper of the same size with one turbine engine of 1000 hp. Larger than any sea guards with a turbojet engine ...

[dauria]

This is exactly the optimal size.

And to protect the slow-moving monster must real planes spin next to it? At transonic cruising speed, trudge alongside these cows? Refueling? Funny.
To the dinosaur zoo (well, in civilian life, you can, and even then you can't figure out where to go).
An attack UAV must be transonic, cheap and carry at least a ton. In a word, throwing the pilot out of the Heinkel No. 162 during the Second World War will be the very thing. "Valkyrie" Moreover, the Fritzes sculpted it out of plywood.

[Zaurbek]

Such machines must protect F15, F35, B2 .......

[Shurik70]

Well nichrome to myself.
Drones do not protect living pilots by entering an air defense area, but live pilots protect drones.
Greetings from the future, where corporations rule, no longer under the guise of democracy. Where lives have a price and are no doubt exchanged for "more valuable" equipment.
And Turkey is already ahead of the rest of the world.

[hrych]

Quote: dauria

trail next to these cows

Than to cover the drone, isn't it easier to strike from a fighter plane? how to fence a garden

[Pavlos Melas]

Than to cover the drone, isn't it easier from a fighter and to strike wassat than to fence a vegetable garden

Probably the Turkish command, if the article correctly describes the concept of application, believes that it is cheaper to lose a fighter than a drone.

[hrych]

Simply Aakash Srivastava "great scientist".

[Volkof]

An attack UAV must be transonic, cheap and carry at least a ton

What is the radius of most attack UAVs? What radius do they need? An attack UAV is not needed wherever there is ground equipment! An ordinary UAV is enough for her, which adjusts fire and illuminates targets for accurate ammunition .... So, an attack UAV is a sabotage weapon in the deep rear, or a weapon for terrorists ... Everyone is drooling over the word "strike UAV"! Find a partisan, a gang, a caravan and destroy ... This is a colonial weapon, useless for conducting organized military operations with a technological enemy ... That you are running around with these attack UAVs ... They have a direct control radius of about 150 km under ideal conditions .. They can be seen, they need external target designation, they do not fly in the strike version for a long time, they are expensive, ... or a stupid enemy ... Considering the remoteness of the airfield from the combat area, it is much less! A guided projectile from a MLRS or self-propelled artillery system with illumination from a conventional UAV covers this range ... The Belarusian MLRS "Polonaise" shoots at 250 km, smart projectiles are being developed "for the MLRS" Tornado-U ", MSTA with a corrected projectile up to 30 km and can you increase it?

[OgnennyiKotik]

Indian experts are such experts.
The Turks launched the development of two jet UAVs Baykar Makina makes subsonic MIUS and TUSAŞ (TAI) makes supersonic Goksungur. They will carry out shock and fighter missions. Including Loyal Wingman.
TTX MIUS
Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW): 3,5 tons
Payload: 1 ton
Flight time: 5 hours
Flight altitude: 12129m
Speed: 900 km / h
Engine: AI-25TLT

According to Goksungur, apart from the information that it will be supersonic and the first flight is scheduled for 2023, there is no info.

[lucul]

An idea is being considered, according to which F-16 fighters, armed with air-to-air missiles, will provide cover for Akinci drones flying towards their targets.

It's just that Akinci turned out to be as expensive as the F-16)))

[Zaurbek]

The era of cheap weapons is over .... both in the Russian Federation and in China. Managers and designers want to eat in Russia the same way they do in Israel and the United States. Otherwise, personnel will begin to flow away, for example, to Turkey.

[APASUS]

The wingspan of the Bayraktar Akinci drone is 20 meters. It is capable of carrying a combat load weighing 1350 kilograms, of which 450 kg can be located inside the fuselage. The drone is capable of continuously staying in the air for up to a day, and its maximum flight altitude is 12 kilometers

Does Bayraktar Akinci have a phased array radar or how is this UAV going to be involved in aerial combat?

[OgnennyiKotik]

Quote: APASUS

there is a phased array radar

There is a radar with an active phased antenna array and short- and medium-range V-B missiles.
The radar is installed on Bayraktar TB2, not like this bandura.

[Reserve buildbat]

Right! The UAV costs money, but women still give birth to pilots!
Sarcasm based on the cries of the liberals about the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War.

[Petro_tut]

Colleagues, we read the title more carefully, it says who is talking about this