TAI Aksungur

The TAI Aksungur, whose name is Turkish for gyrfalcon and which was earlier known as Anka-2, is an unmanned combat aerial vehicle built by Turkish Aerospace Industries for the Turkish Armed Forces. It is the maker's largest drone and carries mission equipment for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, electronic warfare, signals intelligence, maritime patrol and strike roles. It is a twin-boom medium-altitude long-endurance design with two turbodiesel engines, a 24 metre wingspan and a maximum take-off weight of 3,300 kilograms. Development took about 18 months, the first flight was on 20 March 2019, and the first aircraft was delivered to the Turkish Naval Forces on 20 October 2021. It shares avionics and ground control architecture with the TAI Anka family.