According to the statement made by Baykar, a critical threshold has been passed in the development process of Bayraktar Kızılelma, which will serve as the country's first unmanned fighter aircraft, which was developed nationally and originally by the company.
Baykar Technology Leader Selçuk Bayraktar directed the test in the test area at Özdemir Bayraktar National Technology Center. Bayraktar Kızılelma is one step closer to its first flight with the successful engine integration test today.
Similar process with Akıncı
A similar process took place in Bayraktar Akıncı TİHA, which was developed nationally and uniquely by Baykar within the scope of the "Akıncı" project carried out under the leadership of the Presidency of Defense Industries.
Akıncı completed its first engine integration test on September 1, 2019, and successfully performed its first flight on December 6, 2019. Akıncı entered the inventory on 29 August 2021, approximately 1.5 years after its first flight.
First flight in 2023
The testing process of the Bayraktar Kızılelma Unmanned Fighter Plane project, which was developed with Baykar's 20 years of deep technology accumulation and experience, will continue with ground tests. Bayraktar Kızılelma's first flight is planned to be carried out in 2023.
Bayraktar Kızılelma will be a platform that will revolutionize the battlefield with its landing and take-off capability, especially for ships with short runways.
Bayraktar Kızılelma, which has been developed to have the ability to land and take off on ships with short runways, such as the TCG Anadolu Ship, which Türkiye has built and is currently conducting cruise tests, will play an important role in overseas missions thanks to this capability. With this ability, it will take an active role in the protection of the Blue Homeland.
Air combat with aggressive maneuvers
Unlike unmanned aerial vehicles, Bayraktar Kızılelma, which can perform air-air combat like manned warplanes with aggressive maneuvers, will change the balance on the battlefield with this feature.
The unmanned fighter aircraft, which is being developed by Turkish engineers and technicians with the experience gained from Bayraktar TB2 and Bayraktar Akıncı, will also provide effectiveness against air targets with domestic air-air munitions.
Bayraktar Kızılelma, which will successfully perform the most challenging tasks thanks to the low radar trace it will obtain from its design, is aimed to have a take-off weight of 6 tons.
The unmanned fighter aircraft, which will use all nationally developed ammunition, will be a great power multiplier with a planned 1500 kilogram payload capacity. The unmanned fighter aircraft will also have high situational awareness with the AESA radar to be integrated.
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