Boeing Australia’s MQ-28 Test Raises Key Autonomy Questions
Boeing says the MQ-28 achieved an autonomous air-to-air engagement, but unclear evidence, sensor limits and reliance on an E-7A raise operational inquiries.
KIZILELMA News
Unmanned Systems
Air
Weapon / Missile
Lockheed Martin Tests Meteor BVRAAM Integration on F-35A
Lockheed Martin announced that the ground-based integration tests were completed for MBDA’s IWB-compatible Meteor BVRAAM variant for F-35A fighter jets.
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
Bayraktar KIZILELMA Makes Historic BVR Air-to-Air Strike
Baykar KIZILELMA’s BVR strike marks the first air-to-air kill by an unmanned fighter jet, proving Türkiye’s leap into loyal-wingman air combat and airpower.
Air
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
KIZILELMA Scores Simulated Hit on F-16 with GÖKDOĞAN
After the linked flight test with GÖKDOĞAN, KIZILELMA unmanned fighter locked on an F-16 with MURAD 100-A radar and achieved a simulated hit using GÖKDOĞAN.
Air
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
KIZILELMA Unmanned Fighter to Use UAV-230, 300 ER and EREN
ROKETSAN CEO Murat İkinci stated that Baykar’s KIZILELMA will use UAV-230 and the larger 300 ER aeroballistic missiles, as well as EREN loitering munition.
Air
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
KIZILELMA Unmanned Fighter Flies With GÖKDOĞAN BVRAAM
Baykar’s KIZILELMA unmanned fighter performed a linked flight test with GÖKDOĞAN beyond visual range air-to-air missiles (BVRAAM) developed by TÜBİTAK SAGE.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
TOYGUN EOTS Completes First Test Onboard Baykar’s KIZILELMA
First flight test of TOYGUN 100 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) was performed with Baykar’s KIZILELMA unmanned fighter’s fifth prototype at night.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Unmanned Systems
Leonardo CEO Details Joint Production for Baykar’s UAVs
Leonardo CEO Roberto Cingolani gave details on the production of Baykar’s TB2, TB3, AKINCI, and KIZILELMA UAVs at three facilities under the LBA Systems JV.
Air
Modernisation
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
ASELSAN’s MURAD 100-A Radar Completes First KIZILELMA Flight
ASELSAN’s MURAD 100-A AESA radar made its first flight on KIZILELMA, demonstrating multi-target tracking, BVR missile guidance and cross-platform versatility.
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
KIZILELMA scores direct hit in maiden live-fire test
Baykar’s unmanned fighter Bayraktar KIZILELMA achieved direct hits with ASELSAN’s TOLUN and ROKETSAN’s TEBER-82 munitions in its first live-fire trials.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Fifth Prototype of KIZILELMA Takes Off With Afterburner
The fifth prototype of Baykar’s KIZILELMA unmanned fighter, PT-5, took off for the aerodynamic system identification test using afterburner for the flight test.
Air
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
KIZILELMA Unmanned Fighter Flies with TEBER-82 Guided Bomb
Baykar’s KIZILELMA unmanned fighter performed its second flight test involving a captive munition with TEBER-82 500 lb Laser+GNSS guided bomb of ROKETSAN.
Air
Unmanned Systems
KIZILELMA’s Third Prototype Retracts Its Landing Gear
The third prototype of the KIZILELMA unmanned fighter has retracted the landing gear during in its afterburner-assisted takeoff aerodynamics system test.
Air
Unmanned Systems
TOLUN’s Integration on KIZILELMA Unmanned Fighter Begins
Baykar announced the captive flight test of ASELSAN’s TOLUN small-diameter bomb on KIZILELMA unmanned fighter’s third prototype, using external hardpoints.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
Ground-Based Mock Deck for MUGEM-Based Aircraft
The ground test facility to replicate the deck of the MUGEM aircraft carrier for the takeoff/landing tests of aircraft in development is under construction.
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
Engine and Transmission
Expo and Air Show
IDEF25: Baykar Shows KIZILELMA with IRST and EOTS
Baykar has put KIZILELMA unmanned fighter on display with onboard IRST, EOTS, and DAS systems to show the other sensor provisions at the IDEF25 exhibition.
