The second prototype of Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA (Attack Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), developed by BAYKAR, completed its first flight test. The test flight was carried out at Bayraktar AKINCI Flight and Training Centre, located in Çorlu Airport Command.
As part of the System Verification and Identification Test, the prototype took off at 17.28 and stayed in the air for 1 hour and 2 minutes. With the test carried out during the flight, Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA's third flight test was completed.
211216-N-QI061-1222 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (December 16, 2021) An MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), assigned to Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19), sits on the flight line at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Dec. 16, 2021. VUP-19, the Navy’s first Triton squadron, will continue to maintain and operate the aircraft off the East Coast to further develop the concept of operations and refine tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan T. Beard/ Released)