Baykar Bayraktar Kızılelma
The Baykar Kızılelma is a Turkish jet-powered unmanned combat aircraft designed to operate from short-deck ships as well as land bases. Its tailless, canard-equipped shape is intended to reduce radar signature, and it has an internal weapons bay for air-to-ground missions. The first prototype flew in 2022, making it a very new experimental drone rather than an established operational type. Its planned carrier role is especially unusual among jet-powered unmanned aircraft.
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The Baykar Kızılelma is a Turkish jet-powered combat drone designed to fly from short-deck ships, unusual among unmanned jets.
Specifications
| Length | 14.7 m (48 ft) |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Height | 3.3 m (11 ft) |
| Range | 500 NM (926 km) |
| Maximum speed | 600 kt (1,111 km/h) |
| Service ceiling | 35,000 ft (10,668 m) |
| Engines | 1x Ivchenko-Progress AI-25TLT |
| Units built | 7 |
Curated by CatchFlights from manufacturer documents, ICAO Doc 8643 and reference works; values are left out where no source could confirm them. Sources are listed on our credits page.
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