Ground tests of the third prototype of the Bayraktar Akinci strike drone began in Turkey. This was reported by the press service of Baykar.
specified, that the drone is equipped with two Ukrainian-made AI-450T turboprop engines. The contract for the supply of 20 of AI-450 turboprop engines for installation on Turkish drones was made by the Zaporozhye Machine-Building Design Bureau "Progress" named after. Academician AI. Ivchenko in the first half 2020 of the year.
Akıncı belongs to a new class “severe” drone. Bayraktar Akinci has a wingspan 20 m, apparatus length - 12,2 m, height - 4,1 m. The maximum takeoff weight declared by the manufacturer is 5500 kg. In this case, the maximum payload mass is 1350 kg. In this case, weapons can be placed on eight external points of the suspension. The declared operating altitude is 30 thousand feet (about 9150 m), practical ceiling of the apparatus - 40 000 feet (about 12 200 m), being in the air – 24 o'clock. The drone can fly in fully automatic mode, independently land and take off. full speed – 360 kmh, cruising – 240 kmh.
As previously stated in Ukraine, new UAV is being developed taking into account the experience of armed conflicts 21 century and intended, basically, for the Ukrainian and Turkish armed forces.
Demonstration of the first prototype UAV Akinci took place in 2018 year.