TURKISH INDIGENOUS MALE UAV "ANKA"

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Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc.(TAI) introduced its first operative-class unmanned aerial vehicle named ANKA on Friday, 16 July 2010. Program Definition: ANKA, Turkish Indigenous MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) System Program signed between the Undersecretariat for National Defense (SSM) and TAI at December 24, 2004 to meet the MALE UAV requirements of Turkish Armed Forces (TAF). Program covers design, development, production, test and delivery of three air vehicle prototypes, all related ground systems and technical documentation, consist of "Conceptual Design", "Preliminary Design", "Detail Design and Development" and "Tests and Evaluation" phases. During the development phase, a Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL), where system elements and their interfaces will be developed and integrated is established. System Definition: With ANKA system, which is developed for day and night real time image intelligence for surveillance, reconnaissance, fixed/moving target detection, identification and tracking missions; the following payload can be carried on board: Electro-Optical Day Camera (EO Day TV), Day Camera (EO-Electro Optic) / Thermal Camera (IR-Infrared) / LRF-Laser Range Finder & LD-Laser Designator and Spotter, SAR-Synthetic Aperture Radar / MTI- Moving Target Indicator & ISAR-Inverse SAR. Full composite airframe is composed of monocock fuselage, detachable wing and V-Tail, retractable landing gear, equipment bays, service doors and other structural components. The air vehicle is powered by a pusher type piston-prop propulsion system. The airframe is equipped with miscellaneous sub systems like fuel system; de/anti-ice devices; environmental conditioning system for cooling/heating requirements of the compartments. The avionics system includes a Flight Management System (FMS); integrated to FMS, flight sensors (pitot-static sensor, embedded GPS/INS, magnetic heading, displacement, temperature, pressure transducers), actuators; dedicated communication and identification devices; mission control, record; and other control and interface units. Technical Specifications: ANKA system basic performance parameters are as follows: Service Ceiling: 30,000 ft Endurance: 24 hrs Cruise Speed: >75 kts Environmental Conditions: 15 kts side wind, 20 kts head wind; temperature, humidity, rain and  icing limits as defined in MIL-HDBK-310 Air vehicle's basic specifications are: Property Unit Value Fuselage Length m 10 Wing Span m 17 Wing Area m2 13.6 Wing Aspect Ratio - 22 Wing Sweep (quarter chord) ° 0 MTOW-Maximum Take-off Weight kg 1,500 Fuel Weight kg 250 Payload Weight kg 200 Πηγή: http://www.tai.com.tr/prog.aspx?contentDefID=8&page=___Programs__NONE____ _INTEGRATED%20AIRCRAFT%20SYSTEMS__NONE_____ DESIGN%20&%20DEVELOPMENT%20PROGRAMS__NONE_____UAV%20PROGRAMS __NONE_____STRATEGIC%20UAV__NONE_____MALE%20UAV-ANKA__PROGRAM__8