Ankara turns the training and training unmanned aircraft Simsek in Drone-Kamikaze. The new Turkish boring ammunition will have a high flight speed and enlarged maneuverable capabilities, the article published in the newspaper.ru.
President and Chief Executive Officer Tai (Turkish Aerospace Industries, Turkish Aerospace Company) Temla Kotil said in an interview with CNN TURK, which now SIMSEK can be used as Dron-Kamikaze. “It can carry 5 kg of explosives, and when starting with UAV, SIMSEK combat radius can be 100-200 kilometers. We produce 100 SIMSEK drones per year,” said Cotil.
The article reminds that the program for creating a high-speed system of unmanned aerial vehicles in Turkey began in 2009. The task of satisfying the needs of the Turkish military in the fight against air targets, imitating enemy airplanes or rockets.
Simsek was created in 2012 as a high-speed platform with a turbojet engine. The device developed the maximum speed of 740 km / h and possessed a practical ceiling of 15 thousand feet. Simsek has relatively small dimensions. With a fuselage length of 3.4 meters, the wing wing is only 1.5 meters. Until 2020, Bla Simsek was used in military exercises, but last year the Turkish aerospace company integrated SIMSEK to its proven in battles drone Anka.
Tai Anka is a BPLA family developed by Turkish company Turkish Aerospace Industries for the Armed Forces of Turkey. The wing span of this apparatus is 17.5 m, the length is 8.6 m. The maximum take-off mass of the UAV is 1600 kg, the mass of the flight load is 250 kg. Cruising speed – 200 km / h.
SIMSEK-Kamikaze version is not quite a barraceing ammunition, like Harop, manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries. Initially, Simsek was designed to simulate an aircraft. Its speed and maneuverability is better than that of the barragging ammunition. However, Harop has a greater radius of combat use and has a more powerful combat part. Nevertheless, Bla Simsek is cheaper and easier in production, notes the American edition of Defense News.
With the addition of optical sensors and the capabilities of the data channel of the UAV SIMSEK, can be used as a barragging ammunition. But these improvements and additions will adversely affect flight characteristics and increase production costs, writes Defense News.
SIMSEK integration with larger combat drones, such as Anka and Aksungur from Tai, provides this UAV enlarged range and speed.
simsek, launched from a drone carrier, can be used as a false goal that can disorient the combat calculations of anti-air defense funds. Complete set of UAV SIMSEK combat part increases the scope of applying the device.
According to media reports, the version of SIMSEK-Kamikadze is already ready for combat use. However, the Turkish aerospace company is still working on an increase in the beneficial load of this apparatus and the improvement of its maneuverable features.