Indigenously Developed ANKA Represents Milestone in Turkish MALE UAV Market

LONDON, Oct 18, 2011 The 2011 Turkey Frost & Sullivan Product Leadership Award in Aerospace and Defence is presented to Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI) for ANKA. This pioneering, indigenously developed medium altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been designed by TAI to meet reconnaissance and surveillance requirements. “TAI’s culture of technology excellence, its high spend on R&D activities, combined with a strong competitive product strategy in the field of UAVs, have underlined its position as a product leader,” notes Frost & Sullivan Senior Research Analyst Koray Oezkal. “Its effective human resource strategy has also contributed to this technology success story.” With its 17 m. wing span and 1600 takeoff weight, ANKA is among the highest capacity systems in its class. ANKA carries EO/IR cameras developed by Aselsan and can conduct day and night intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) in all weather conditions. It is the first indigenous MALE UAV to have successfully penetrated the Turkish defence market, long dominated by Israeli and U.S. systems. In addition, TAI has joined a very limited number of prestigious global companies who are capable of producing MALE UAV systems. “Compared to most of the major MALE UAVs, ANKA promises to […]
Indigenously Developed ANKA Represents Milestone in Turkish MALE UAV Market