Turkey and Ukraine will develop a heavy class of military drone

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Turkey and Ukraine will develop a ‘heavy’ class of military drone capable of flying 24 hours, as high as 12 km, and loaded with 1,000 kg in munitions. 

Named Akinji after the Ottoman Empire’s horse-mounted guerrillas, the drone has sensors, thermal imagers, and powerful cameras. With a 20-meter wingspan, the 4.5-ton drone will be powered by two Ukrainian engines. UkrOboronProm director general Pavlo Bukin said the drone will “carry out high-precision strikes with weaponry that is identical to what is used by fighter airplanes.”

Expected to be ready for the militaries of Turkey and Ukraine in 2021, the drone is a joint project of UkrOboronProm’s UkrSpetsExport and Turkey’s Baykar Defense.

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