ukraine is the buyer of the first bayrochtar a kinchi combat drone made by baker turkey
turkey's baker has exported the first model of its latest drone the bayroktar akinchi unmanned
combat aerial vehicle we have also completed the first export contract of bayrocktar akinchi ucav
within the scope of the contract we will deliver bayrochtar akinchi ucavs and ground systems in
2023 baker general manager haylook disclosed this to government-owned anadolu agency sunday he did
not specify the country to which the akinchi drone was exported neither the number of drones or its
value however pointers are that ukraine which supplies engines to the akinchi drone may well
be the first customer of the new drone given its current standoff with russia military tensions
between ukraine and russia have been high since the annexation of the crimean peninsula by russia
in 2014 moscow has currently deployed an estimated 100 000 troops near ukraine kiev will soon receive
lethal weapons from the u.s and the uk on january 13th turkey's deputy foreign minister yvu selem
kieran received the co-chairperson of the ukraine turkey inter-parliamentary friendship group
rustam umarov and the parliamentary delegation accompanying him we are further strengthening
our strategic partnership with our parliamentary diplomacy kieran said the turkish and ukrainian
leaders set a 10 billion annual trade volume target which is currently more than 5 billion
kiev is set to host the 10th high level strategic council between turkey and ukraine on february 3rd
with the heads of state expected to attend the event that will mark the 30th anniversary of
diplomatic ties the ukrainian army and navy already have several deadly beraktar uavs in
their inventory following escalating tensions between russia and ukraine a bairoktar tb2
conducted a reconnaissance flight on the 9th of april 2021 over the donbass region this was the
first operationalization of the aircraft by the ukrainian forces within an active conflict zone
the akinchi belongs to a new class of heavy drones
it has a wingspan of 20m and is powered by two ukrainian ivechenko progress ai
450 turboprop engines with the preliminary design phase completed in june 2019 akinshi
started engine ground run in august without 450. first engine test was accomplished a month later
akinchi can fly at altitudes up to 12 000 meters and stay in the air for up to 24 hours the drone
can lift up to 900 kilograms of weaponry externally and up to 450 kilograms in the
internal compartments of its fuselage its weapons include guided missiles and various normal and
precision bombs the drone is capable of conducting operations that are being done with fighter jets
it carries electronic support systems dual satellite communication systems
air to radar collision avoidance radar and synthetic aperture radar
the akinchi can also be used in air to ground and air to air attack missions the uav will be
equipped with multi-function aesa radar system for air-to-air synthetic meteorology estimation
the drone can be armed with mini smart munition mammal mini smart munition mam c sierra missile
l-u-m-t-a-s missile mini smart munition basic mk 81 mk 82 mk 83 guided bombs
wing assisted guided bomb mk 82 gauchdon and bosdo on air-to-air missiles and standoff missile same
baker claims that the akinchi is equipped with dual artificial intelligence avionics
which supports for signal processing sensor fusion and situational awareness in real time
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