Unmanned fighter Bayraktar Kizilelma made a joint flight with the drone Bayraktar Akinci

The Turkish company Baykar recently conducted the 8th flight test of the Bayraktar Kizilelma unmanned fighter.Not long

While waiting, the manufacturer performed two more tests.

What is known

First full presentation of BayraktarKizilelma took place at the beginning of the second half of 2022. In December, an unmanned fighter jet took to the air for the first time. As part of the 8th test, which took place a few days ago, the aircraft reached a speed of 630 km / h.

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Bayraktar Kizilelma went up early this weekinto the air again, but this time with the Bayraktar Akinci unmanned aerial vehicle. The company published footage of the joint flight of two strike drones on the official Twitter page.

Kizilelma is equipped with Ukrainian enginesAI-25TLT / AI-322F or Turkish TEI TF-6000, depending on the modification. An unmanned fighter with the TF-6000 and AI-322F will be able to reach supersonic speed, and the version with the AI-25TLT will be subsonic. Serial production of Bayraktar Kizilelma will begin in 2024.