The Turkish UAV Bayraktar TB3 made four successful take-off/landing on the TCG Anadolu ship in the Saros Bay as part of the “tests of fully autonomous take-off and landing from a ship with a short runway.”
UAV landed on a short runway without the use of any auxiliary equipment, as well as during previous tests, Baykar reported.
During the tests, artificial intelligence algorithms developed by Baykar were successfully involved. Completely autonomous ups and landings were performed with the support of these ALGIRITMES.
Bayraktar TB3 Si̇ha drone during the time spent test flights has been in the air a total of 1016 hours 42 minutes. As part of a long test flight, held on December 20, 2023, the domestic UAV spent 32 hours in the air without landing, overcoming a distance of 5700 kilometers during this time.
Bayraktar TB3 Bayraktar UAVs on November 19, 2024 successfully made its first historical flight from the side of the TCG Anadolu ship, which was off the coast of Aksaz in the province of Mugla.
Subsequent test flights held on November 26, 2024 also passed successfully. Thus, the domestic UAV was the first in world aviation history to make a similar flight from the ship.
Baykar, which is the world’s largest manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles, implements export agreements with 34 countries according to the Bayraktar TB2 model and with 11 countries according to the Bayraktar Akinci model.
