Asian media reported that Indonesia had ordered 12 Anka unmanned combat aerial vehicles from Turkey
The UCAVs are expected to be delivered to the Indonesian Air Force
which has been looking for an armed UAV solution for the past few years
Details of the deal were not disclosed.
Turkish Aerospace Industries is said to have also received orders for Anka UCAVs from Algeria and Chad, for 10 and 2 aircraft respectively.
The Indonesian variant is said to be the Anka-S, which is a mass-produced variant offered for the export market
The TAI Anka has several vairiants although it is believed that the Anka-S variant would be the one being procured by Indonesia
being the serial production variant and being offered for export markets
Aside from being used as an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle
the Anka UCAV can be used for surveillance and can be equipped with radars and cameras
Anka UAV is one of the most modern products developed by the Turkish aerospace industry
which currently being evaluated to become the standard UAV of the Turkish Air Force
working with air and ground units to form a modernized effective combat force.
Anka has a length of 8.6 m, a wingspan of 17.5 m, and a height of 3.25 m
Anka can reach a top speed of 217 km/h, cruising speed of 204 km/h
range of 4,896 km, endurance of 30 hours, and service ceiling of 9,144 m.
In terms of design, Anka is quite similar to popular Western UAVs, characterized by a tubular fuselage containing avionics, fuel and engines
The turbocharged engine is fitted aft and powers a three-bladed propeller in a "pusher" configuration
A pair of outward canted vertical tail fins are situated to either side of the engine housing
The main wing assemblies are fitted at amidships and are high-mounted onto the top of the fuselage spine
Anka-S is a serial production configuration of Anka
It is equipped with a SATCOM antenna and a national flight control computer
On 17 August 2018, Directorate for Defence Industries announced that the Anka-S completed its first live fire tests
The platform was tested with MAM-L ammunition developed by the Roketsan
According to the information given by TAI, The ANKA-S UAV is equipped with an Aselsan Common Aperture Targeting System
FLIR System and a domestically produced flight control computer
ANKA drones, which can detect targets and perform laser marking thanks to the CATS electro-optical reconnaissance
surveillance, and targeting system, can carry four Roketsan MAM-L Laser Guided Munitions