Holy sh.t, Akinci-on-Akinci violence between Sudanese and Emirati aircraft in the air
View: https://x.com/i/status/2052036390288765240
The Fulmar-500A Maritime Surveillance AESA Radar, which has a 600 km instrumented range, is coming along really nicely
I expect a maiden test flight onboard an Akinci in Q4 '26 or Q1 2027...
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The Fulmar-500A Maritime Surveillance AESA Radar, which has a 600 km instrumented range, is coming along really nicely
Animation:
View: https://x.com/aselsan/status/2052658636871070188?s=20
ANKA UAV enters local production in Kazakhstan said:
Waste of time and money. No controlability whatsoever. Why do they even bother with this.A drone countermeasure solution equipped with a Gatling gun system was developed specifically to undertake preemptive missions against threats from FPV and kamikaze drones
• GATREX's firing, flight, and integrated test phases have been completed, and it has been made ready for operational use
• GATREX will operate in the near-air layers
• It can reach speeds of 90 kilometers per hour and stay airborne for 75 minutes
• It features a hybrid structure that can operate on both gasoline and batteries
View: https://x.com/gooksel/status/2057745509645758769?s=20
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7.62 gatling on a drone is an interesting concept
Akinci civil war continues...
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Cruise Missiles & Stand-off Weapons |
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MUNITION | Description | Weight (kg) | Range (km) | Source |
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| iHA-230 | Roketsan supersonic air-to-ground ballistic missile, derived from the 230mm TRG-230 rocket. Free-falls briefly after release, then ignites its own solid motor and guides itself via jam-resistant GNSS/INS. Fire-and-forget; fragmentation, armor-piercing, or thermobaric warhead options. | 230 | 150+ | |
| ÇAKIR | Roketsan subsonic cruise missile (Mach 0.75–0.85) with its own KTJ-1750 turbojet engine. Radar-absorbing airframe, sea-skimming/terrain-masking flight profile, modular IIR/RF seekers, and swarm/datalink capability for coordinated multi-missile attacks on land or sea targets. | 275 | 150+ | |
| iHA-122 | Roketsan supersonic air-to-ground missile derived from the 122mm TRG/TRLG-122 rocket family. Solid-rocket propelled; available with laser terminal seekers for precision hits on stationary or moving targets. | 81 | 55 | |
| KEMANKEŞ-1 | Baykar's own AI-powered mini cruise missile, jet-engine powered with an AI-assisted optical guidance system that enables precise target identification and engagement, operating autonomously via an artificial intelligence-supported autopilot system. | 75 | 150 | |
| KEMANKEŞ-2 | A larger, longer-ranged follow-on sharing the same AI-assisted optical/GNSS guidance, but designed for more flexible basing: it can launch via Rocket-Assisted Takeoff (RATO) from sites with no road or runway access, or be deployed on mobile platforms such as pickup trucks, in addition to Akıncı integration. | 45 | 80+ |
Guided Bomb & Glide Kits |
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MUNITION | Description | Weight (kg) | Range (km) | Source |
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| TOLUN | Joint Aselsan/TÜBİTAK SAGE miniature glide bomb (Small Diameter Bomb class) carried on the SADAK-4T quad rack. GPS/INS guided, capable of penetrating roughly 1m of reinforced concrete; effective against hard and soft targets, single or multiple in one pass. | 139 | 100 | |
| TOLUN-IIR | TOLUN variant adding an imaging-infrared seeker with man-in-the-loop control via pod datalink, on top of GPS/INS. Lets the operator update or retarget mid-flight against moving targets; CEP under 3m. | 120 | 100 | |
| KGK-82 | TÜBİTAK SAGE wing-assisted glide kit that turns an unguided MK-82 into a long-range smart bomb. The UCAV-specific KGK-82-SİHA variant uses INS/GPS guidance; range scales with the launching UAV's speed and altitude. | 242 | 30+ | |
| KUZGUN-SS | Free-gliding member of TÜBİTAK SAGE's modular KUZGUN family. GPS/INS midcourse navigation with a semi-active laser or imaging-infrared terminal seeker; effective against both stationary and moving targets. | 85 | 40+ | |
| GÖZDE | Aselsan/TÜBİTAK SAGE new-generation kit for MK-82 bombs. INS/GPS plus a detachable laser seeker, optimized to engage targets moving faster than 50 km/h; includes a height-of-burst proximity sensor for added lethality. | 265 | 28 | |
| GÖKÇE | Sister kit to GÖZDE, sized for MK-83 (1000 lb) bombs and compatible with TÜBİTAK SAGE's tandem penetrating/thermobaric SARB-83T warhead. INS/GPS/laser with man-in-the-loop targeting, BRU-57 rack compatible. | 475 | 37+ | |
| LGK-81 | Aselsan laser guidance kit (semi-active laser seeker, canard control, rear wing) that converts the MK-81 (250 lb) into a precision weapon. Offers post-release retargeting and ECM resistance. | 133 | 12 | |
| LGK-82 | Same Aselsan LGK family, sized for the MK-82 (500 lb). 100% indigenous, in active serial production, rated to roughly 10m CEP with post-launch target-switching. | 242 | 20 | |
| HGK-82 | GPS/INS-only precision kit (no laser seeker) for MK-82 bombs, intended for high-priority fixed targets in all-weather conditions. | 262 | 15 | |
| TEBER-81 | Roketsan laser/GPS/INS kit for the MK-81 (250 lb); auto-identifies the bomb type it's fitted to, optional proximity-sensor airburst, and can engage targets moving under ~50 km/h. | 150 | 8 | |
| TEBER-82 | Same TEBER kit for the MK-82 (500 lb). Several wing configurations exist — stub wings for UCAV use, full deployable wings extending range to 50+ km on UCAVs and 100+ km on fighters. | 260 | 13–30 (with wing kit) | |
| TEBER-83 | Newest TEBER variant, scaled for the heavier MK-83 (1000 lb) with added aerodynamic strakes for lift. First Akıncı drop test was against a stationary target. | 450 | N/A | |
| LAÇIN-82 | Roketsan winged kit for MK-82 bombs adding an imaging-infrared seeker, with man-in-the-loop control via the L-POD datalink — the operator can see the IIR feed and adjust the aim point in flight. | 285 | 50 | |
| ELÇIN-82 | Roketsan laser-guided kit, externally near-identical to TEBER-82; the company has not officially detailed how it differs. Tested alongside LAÇIN-82 from Akıncı. | 285 | 30 |
Smart Micro Munitions |
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MUNITION | Description | Weight (kg) | Range (km) | Source |
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| MAM-T | Largest of the MAM family, fixed-wing layout for extended standoff. Semi-active laser seeker (Block-1) with midcourse guidance; effective vs. armored/unarmored vehicles, buildings, and surface targets. New variant has Tandem warhead for hardened targets. | 95 | 50+ | |
| MAM-T IIR/TV | MAM-T fitted with an imaging-infrared/TV seeker and a revised wing kit for added targeting flexibility against moving or hard-to-designate targets. | 96 | 50+ | |
| KAYı-30 | Free-fall miniature munition in the same TÜBİTAK SAGE family as BOZOK. No propulsion, so effective range depends entirely on release altitude/speed; INS/GPS with optional semi-active laser terminal guidance. | 24 | 15–25 (altitude-dependent) | |
| MAM-L | Mid-size Smart Micro Munition with a semi-active laser seeker. Interchangeable warheads (HE-fragmentation, anti-tank, thermobaric) for flexibility against different target types. | 22 | 30+ | |
| MAM-L/TV | MAM-L variant swapping the laser seeker for an imaging-infrared/TV seeker and RF datalink, extending usable range. | 23 | 25+ | |
| BOZOK | Compact TÜBİTAK SAGE laser-guided miniature munition built for UAVs. Inertial midcourse guidance, switching to semi-active laser homing in the terminal phase; usable against both pre-planned and opportunistic targets. | 16 | 17+ | |
| MAM-C | Smallest, lowest-cost member of the MAM family. Laser-guided; effective against personnel, unarmored/light vehicles, radar antennas, and similar soft targets at short range. | 15 | 8 |
Loitering Munitions |
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MUNITION | Description | Weight (kg) | Range (km) | Source |
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| ALPAGUT | Propeller-driven loitering munition jointly developed by STM and Roketsan. Dual-mode TV/IIR seeker, autonomously loiters and tracks a target, then attacks only after ground-operator approval. Usable solo or in swarms. | 58 | 60 | |
| EREN | Roketsan turbojet-powered high-speed multi-purpose loitering munition. Imaging-infrared seeker with automatic target recognition; used for both ground strikes and air-to-air engagements against slow-moving aerial threats like kamikaze drones. | 35 | 100+ |
My biggest question is whether these Akincis are equipped with Murad and Gokdogan. Will be a great learning session for both relatively new systems.
Would be such a great field to test them, yet losing one would be disastrous also
LMFAO WDYT, they’re going to put their limited-number BVRAAMs and prototype radars on non-survivable UAVs and send them into the UAV grinder? XD TuAF hasn’t even started fielding them in numbers yet....
