Another Trademark

   

Another Trademark



There is another trademark that I forgot to mention until now: Bayraktar. 

The Bayraktar TB2 is a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations. It is manufactured by the Turkish company Baykar Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., primarily for the Turkish Armed Forces.[3] The aircraft are monitored and controlled by an aircrew in a ground control station, including weapons employment. 

Performance specifications that I find:

Maximum speed: 120 knots (222 km/h)

Cruise speed: 70 knots (130 km/h)

Range: up to 4,000 km (2,160 nmi)[217]

Communication range: line-of-sight propagation, < 300 kilometers (186 mi)

Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,620 m)

Operational altitude: 18,000 ft (5,486 m)

Endurance: 27 hours

Payload: 150 kg (331 lb)

Armaments:

Hardpoints: four hardpoints with provisions to carry combinations of different armaments.

I also find that the price for a single TB2 unit has been estimated at 5 million US dollars, around one-sixth of the US-built Reaper UAV. Without going into details we could see comments that performance characteristics are also much lower than mentioned or other existing models. And still, for somebody unprepared it proved to be an extremely powerful weapon that can do a lot of damage. Definitely, something that has a huge potential for further development.



















   

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