Developers: | Turkish Aerospace Industries |
Date of the premiere of the system: | Start of development: 2004 |
Last Release Date: | 2022/05 |
Branches: | MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX |
Technology: | Robotics |
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Anka is a series of drone drones (UAVs) developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries ( Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii, TUSAŞ) for the Turkish Armed Forces.
2022: Anka combat drone production treaty in Kazakhstan
On May 11, 2022, it became known that the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAŞ) and the Kazakh state-owned enterprise Kazakhstan Engineering signed an agreement on the production of Anka drums in Kazakhstan.
The agreement was concluded immediately after the meeting on May 10, 2022 of President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokaev with Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the signing of a memorandum on strategic partnership between the countries.
This is far from the first example of military-technological cooperation between states. So, at the end of November 2021, the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan signed a contract with TUSAŞ for the purchase of 3 UAVs and 2 Anka control stations.[1]
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In addition to Kazakhstan, the Turkish Bayraktar UAVs are in service with Kyrgyzstan[2] and Turkmenistan[3]on April 27, 2022, information appeared about sending the first batch of Bayraktar to Tajikistan[4].
On May 5, 2022, the US Embassy in Nur-Sultan announced the transfer of an undisclosed number of RQ-11 Raven UAVs to the needs of the border service of Kazakhstan.[5]
2021: Update of Anka UAV technical characteristics
In May 2021, Turkish Aerospace Industries updated the technical characteristics of the Anka UAV. With a new update, carrying capacity and endurance were increased to 350 + kilograms and 30 hours, respectively[6]
2019: Contract for the supply of 22 more Anka drones
In 2019, the Turkish Air Force signed a contract for the supply of another 22 Anka drones of various modifications. In particular, 16 Anka-S and 6 Anka-B UAVs will be transferred to the security forces.[7]
2015: Anka Blok-B Tests
On January 30, 2015, the Turkish Defense Industry Secretariat announced that the high-performance next-generation unmanned aerial vehicle Anka Blok-B completed testing of various autopilot and landing modes in the first flight with automatic take-off and landing.[8]
2013: Production contract for 10 Anka-S
In 2013, a contract for the production of 10 Anka-S UAVs was signed in October 2013. In the same year, work on the Anka-S project was successfully completed.[9]
2010: First flight Anka-S
The Anka-S drone made its first flight on December 30, 2010.
2004: Start of development
The development of Anka impact UAVs has been carried out by Turkish Aerospace Industries engineers since 2004.
Notes
- ↑ Until 2023, Kazakhstan will receive three Turkish Anka UAVs
- ↑ Kyrgyzstan now has Bayraktar drones. To protect the borders
- ↑ , Turkmenistan bought Turkish Bayraktar TB2 strike drones, and
- ↑ , Kyrgyzstan will discuss the sale of Bayraktar drones to Tajikistan with Turkey
- ↑ Kazakhstan received American RQ-11 Raven drones
- ↑ [1]TUSAS 2020 Genel Flyer Anka
- ↑ Turkish defense giant TAI's second drone to make first flight this year
- ↑ Yeni nesil ANKA başarıyla uçtu
- ↑ Anka Series of Turkish UAVs