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Turkish Aerospace AKSUNGUR
A compact selection from this profile, with sources and limits. Other configurations and additional measurements remain in the full profile.
A twin-engine, twin-boom Turkish MALE reconnaissance and strike aircraft. The manufacturer’s technical table and Turkey’s naval acceptance account provide separate evidence origins. Its long-duration claims, national-engine test and payload marketing describe different conditions. The profile preserves them separately rather than implying a maximum payload can be carried for the maximum advertised endurance.[1][2]
Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.
Form, sound & identification limits
- The table gives 12.5 m length, 24 m span, 3,300 kg MTOW, 750+ kg payload and up to 50 hours. The prose separately advertises one tonne of payload. Those payload claims are not averaged or treated as one measured interval.[1]
- The manufacturer reports a 41-hour national-engine flight in November 2023. This specific test report is separate from the 50-hour table maximum. Turkey’s ministry separately records a naval acceptance ceremony in December 2023; it does not certify those flight values.[1][2]
- The published 250+ km datalink reach and 5,000+ km SATCOM reach remain communications claims. Neither is used as a flight-range bar. Sharing avionics with ANKA is not an interchangeable-airframe claim.[1]
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Source notebook
- Turkish Aerospace · AKSUNGUR current technical data and flight-test narrative
Publication date not stated · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Manufacturer claim
- Ministry of National Defence of Türkiye · December 2023 briefing: naval AKSUNGUR acceptance
Publication date not stated · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Official report; not an independent test
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Cite this profile
DroneLedger. Turkish Aerospace AKSUNGUR. 2026-11-01. https://droneincidents.com/drones/tai-aksungur/editions/2026-11-01/
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