SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION TEST
The production prototype of the indigenous unmanned fighter jet, Bayraktar KIZILELMA PT-3 (tail number TC-ÖZB3), successfully completed another flight test at the AKINCI Flight Training and Test Center in Çorlu, Tekirdağ. During the test, the aircraft also conducted system identification activities.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mb2_LGkMRY
 
SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION TEST
The production prototype of the indigenous unmanned fighter jet, Bayraktar KIZILELMA PT-3 (tail number TC-ÖZB3), successfully completed another flight test at the AKINCI Flight Training and Test Center in Çorlu, Tekirdağ. During the test, the aircraft also conducted system identification activities.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mb2_LGkMRY
It's a bit unusual that they're commencing the LRIP even though they're still testing the production representative prototype and have not yet done any launch nor mission related equipment tests.

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KAYI-30 is a free-fall laser guided munition in the Air to Ground class. It is a new generation weapon system that can be used in a wide variety of manned/unmanned aerial platforms with its features and weight. The weapon system is in a strong position in terms of operational capabilities and minimizing operational costs.

For changing operational concepts, KAYI30 munition can be used with Anti-personnel, Shape Charged/ Penetrator or Thermobaric warheads.

It has fast and flexible integration capability to various platforms thanks to its smart multiple carriage bomb rack specially designed for KAYI Guided Miniature Munitions Family.

KAYI-30 Technical Specifications
Weight;24 kg
Length;100 cm
Diameter;140 mm
Range;
15 km (INS/GPS) @20kft, 120 KTAS
25 km (INS/GPS, INS/GPS/SAL) @25kft, 180 KTAS


Kayi30.jpg

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQngG5J-8Dg
 
Professor Roberto Cingolani, CEO of the Italian aerospace, defense, and security company Leonardo S.p.A, along with his accompanying delegation, visited the Özdemir Bayraktar National Technology Center.

View: https://x.com/BaykarTech/status/1882341443932447092/photo/2

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I think Leonardo and BaykarTech are going to be working very closely with each other in the years ahead, especially in Italian electronics (Radars, E/O, comms etc) kitting out BaykarTech drones.
 
Professor Roberto Cingolani, CEO of the Italian aerospace, defense, and security company Leonardo S.p.A, along with his accompanying delegation, visited the Özdemir Bayraktar National Technology Center.

View: https://x.com/BaykarTech/status/1882341443932447092/photo/2

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I think Leonardo and BaykarTech are going to be working very closely with each other in the years ahead, especially in Italian electronics (Radars, E/O, comms etc) kitting out BaykarTech drones.
Baykar and Leonardo making smart movies moves to grab a share of the pie in the EU market...

Leonardo, drone maker Baykar seek ‘synergies’ on battlefield sensors

https://www.defensenews.com/global/...twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_dfn


Edit: Here's the full piece:
ROME — Italy’s Leonardo and Turkish drone maker Baykar are discussing a team-up which could see Leonardo’s electronics and radar mounted on Baykar’s drones.

Leonardo CEO Roberto Cingolani visited Baykar’s Turkish facility this week to meet management and check out the firm’s line of drones including the Bayraktar TB2, which has influenced conflicts in Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine.

“There was a great interest in seeking synergies,” a Leonardo source told Defense News.

While Baykar has established a huge presence in the drone market, Leonardo has also sold over 50 of its Falco drone variants and is also a partner on the evolving Eurodrone program with Spain, France and Germany.

The firm also specializes in airborne electronics and sensors like the Gabbiano electronically scanned radar, which will be mounted on the Eurodrone, suggesting Leonardo could put its systems on Baykar drones.

“Cingolani’s logic is that there must be the possibility for synergy in terms of technology, and on the basis of that commercial synergy can be looked at, as was the case with Leonardo’s cooperation with Rheinmetall,” the source said.

In October, Leonardo and Rheinmetall teamed to build new fighting vehicles and tanks for the Italian army which will feature Leonardo electronics and turrets combined with Rheinmetall platforms.

Last month, Baykar purchased Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace, bringing the firm out of six years of receivership.
 
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Looks like a crash, i.e. not shot down by air defence due to no indicators of a missile/bullet impact?

View: https://x.com/JosephHDempsey/status/1884218134955180439?t=uBugMFm3eh2iaTpfbtJ0Cw&s=19

I think it's fair to say that Libyan AF is not able to properly maintain their aircraft due to how often we see their aircraft crashing without any bullet/missile marks or a fire. I think anything above a Tb-2 equivalent is a bit over league for such countries.
 
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