TAI Anka

The TAI Anka is a family of medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries for the Turkish Air Force and for export. It is named after the Anka, the Turkish name of the mythical phoenix, and grew out of a development contract that took effect on 24 December 2004. The first prototype flew on 30 December 2010, the Anka-B version made its first flight in 2014, and in 2017 the Anka-S was introduced and entered service with the Turkish Air Force. A system consists of air vehicles, a ground control station and an automatic take-off and landing system, and the aircraft carries electro-optic sensors and a synthetic-aperture radar for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, with variants for electronic warfare, signals intelligence and carrying precision munitions. It shares a common avionics architecture and ground segment with the Anka-3 and the Aksungur.