New altitude record from AKINCI

Baykar Technology Leader Selçuk Bayraktar announced that AKINCI broke a new altitude record with 45,118 feet. Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA broke his national aviation altitude record for the third time.

Bayraktar AKINCI B, the model of the Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA (Assault Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), which was developed nationally and uniquely by Baykar within the scope of the AKINCI Project carried out under the leadership of the Presidency of Defense Industries, equipped with 2 750 horsepower engines, raised its national aviation altitude record higher, TRT Haber reports.

Third record from AKINCI

According to Baykar's statement, Bayraktar AKINCI B, which took off on June 21 to perform endurance, high altitude and high speed tests in the presence of the Presidency of Defense Industries and Air Force Command delegations to be delivered to the Air Force Command, broke the record for the highest altitude achieved with a national aircraft belonging to him. broke it for the third time.

Bayraktar AKINCI B, which rose to an altitude of 45 thousand 118 feet (13 thousand 716 meters) within the scope of the test, returned to Bayraktar AKINCI Flight, Training and Test Center at Çorlu Airport Command after 20 hours and 23 minutes of flight.

It climbed to an altitude of 45,118 feet on the test flight.

Baykar Technology Leader Selçuk Bayraktar announced that AKINCI broke a new altitude record with 45,118 feet.

Bayraktar, in his post on his Twitter account, used the following statements:

"Our love is on the wing of the bird, while searching for the water of the secret of life at the top of the clouds. AKINCI broke his own national aviation altitude record again: 45,118 ft."

Sevdamız kuşun kanadında,
Hayat sırrının suyunu bulutların zirvesinde ararken.#AKINCI kendine ait olan milli havacılık irtifa rekorunu tekrar kırdı: 45.118 ft#AKINCI broke its own previous record again for an altitude acheived by a native-made aircraft in Türkiye:

45,118 ft. pic.twitter.com/ZhhIZ6riDJ

— Selçuk Bayraktar (@Selcuk) June 22, 2022

Moved the altitude record to 45,118 feet

Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA's Bayraktar AKINCI A model, which operates with 2 engine configurations of 450 horsepower, broke the record by climbing to an altitude of 38,039 feet within the scope of the test carried out on July 8, 2021.

Bayraktar AKINCI B model, on the other hand, reached an altitude of 40,170 feet on March 11, 2022, and set its own record higher. Bayraktar AKINCI B, which reached an altitude of 45 thousand 118 feet on June 22, 2022, broke the altitude record for the third time.

He traveled 6 thousand 406 kilometers

The delegations of the Presidency of Defense Industries and Air Forces Command at Bayraktar AKINCI Flight, Training and Test Center for the reception activities of Bayraktar AKINCI Bs to be delivered to the Air Force Command also witnessed these historical moments.

AKINCI B successfully completed the test activity after traveling a total of 6 thousand 406 kilometers during the flight, which took 20 hours and 23 minutes, in which high-speed trials were also carried out.

AKINCI in Anatolian Eagle for the first time

Bayraktar AKINCI B takes part in the Anatolian Eagle Exercise simultaneously, in addition to the ongoing test activities.

Bayraktar AKINCI, who performed the mission flight in the scenario within the scope of the exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean during the record flight, thus appeared in the first comprehensive Air Force exercise since 29 August 2021, when it entered the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces.

Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA successfully fired at the targets determined in the Doğanbey Shooting Practice Area in Seferihisar, taking off from the base where it was stationed in Batman, during the EFES-2022 Joint Shooting Actual Exercise held in Seferihisar, İzmir, and returned to its base in Batman.

Export negotiations continue

Export contracts have been signed with 4 countries for Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA and with 22 countries for Bayraktar TB2 SİHA.

While the deliveries of Bayraktar TB2 SİHAs continue within the scope of the contracts, Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA and ground systems are expected to be delivered periodically as of 2023.

Having exported 664 million dollars of S/UAV systems in 2021, Baykar became the company that exports the most in the field of defense and aerospace, according to the data announced by the Turkish Exporters Assembly.

Negotiations continue with many countries that are interested in the National TİHA Bayraktar AKINCI and Bayraktar TB2 SİHA.