Baykar advances KIZILELMA trials with F-16-grade radar system PHOTO / VIDEO

Turkish defence company Baykar has continued test flights of the third prototype of its unmanned combat aircraft, Bayraktar KIZILELMA.

In a post shared by SavunmaSanayiST.com on its X platform account, it was stated that Bayraktar Kızılelma conducted a test flight equipped with ASELSAN’s MURAD AESA radar, Caliber.Az reports.

Baykar chairman Selçuk Bayraktar also confirmed the successful completion of the flight.

The test marked a key milestone — the integration of Türkiye’s domestically produced fire-control radar, also used on F-16 fighter jets and AKINCI UAVs operated by the Turkish Air Force, onto the KIZILELMA platform.

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Bayraktar Kızılelma, ASELSAN MURAD AESA radarıyla test uçuşunu gerçekleştirdi. pic.twitter.com/Yo8O9R8e1b

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“With the MURAD 100-A, Bayraktar KIZILELMA has become significantly more powerful. Our national fire-control radar, the MURAD 100-A AESA, successfully completed its first flight tests on the KIZILELMA platform,” ASELSAN said in a statement.

Below are the main features of the MURAD 100-A AESA radar:

Air-to-air functions

Long-range search

Track-while-scan (track during search)

Multiple-target tracking

Mid-course guidance

Weather detection

Air-combat maneuvering

Air-to-ground functions

SAR stripmap

SAR spot (spotlight SAR)

Geo-location mapping

Detection and tracking of moving ground targets

Maritime search and ISAR

Air-to-ground ranging

Doppler beam sharpening

Automatic altitude determination

Radar capabilities

Multifunction radar

Simultaneous air-to-air and air-to-ground missions

Non-cooperative target identification

Automatic target recognition

Jamming resistance

Electronic support

Electronic attack

By Jeyhun Aghazada