The Turkish company Meteksan Savunma built a radar for detecting sea mines into the ANKA UAV
In Turkey, she showed an unmanned aerial vehicle that can search for sea mines.
What is known
We are talking about the ANKA UAV, which was developed by the local company Meteksan Savunma. The drone was equipped with the MILSAR synthetic aperture radar and the SAR/MTI moving target indicator. Thanks to this bundle, the UAV is able to scan large areas of the sea surface, take detailed images and find drifting mines in real time.
MILSAR SAR/MTI Radarımız ile serseri mayın tespit çalışmalarına katkı sağlamaktan dolayı gurur duyuyor, elde ettiğimiz bu başarıda bize destek olan @SavunmaSanayii, Deniz Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı ve @TUSAS_TR 'a şükranlarımızı sunuyoruz. ??????? pic.twitter.com/hiq2JR2UFd
— Meteksan Savunma (@MeteksanSavunma) April 14, 2022
Such drones have already begun to be used by Turkishnaval forces. By the way, Turkey has become one of the few countries in the world that can now detect mines from the air using UAVs.
For those who are not in the know
ANKA is a Turkish reconnaissance and attack unmanned aerial vehicle. It is named after the Phoenix, a mythological creature called Zümrüd-ü Anka in Turkish. The drone has a wingspan of 17.5 meters and a weight of about 1700 kg. It can fly up to 250 km. ANKA's operating time is over 30 hours.
Source: Military
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