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Fixed-wing symbol

Turkish Aerospace ANKA

A Turkish medium-altitude, long-endurance reconnaissance and strike family, including the satellite-linked ANKA-S. A Kazakh defence-ministry account of troop trials provides a separate user-side evidence origin. The current manufacturer table defines this edition’s numerical baseline; it does not establish every export configuration and must not be applied to the unrelated flying-wing ANKA III.[1][2]

Design origin
Türkiye[1]
Research edition
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17.5 m8.6 mTop view

Body length[1] · Wingspan[1]

8.6 m · Side view · schematic
Top-view bounding dimensions share one metre scale. Internal contours and side profiles are schematic; height is not inferred. Ranges show their largest outline and retain their labels.

Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.

also known as TAI Anka, TUSAS Anka, ANKA-S, Анка

Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.

Press factsheet ↗Source-bound type data ↗

The numbers, with their sources

Intervals preserve the published bounds; they are not statistical confidence intervals. A blank lower or upper bound stays open. Values belong to the named configuration, not every aircraft.

Published flight range

Unknown in reviewed sources

Take-off mass

≤ 1700 kg[1]ANKA · current Turkish Aerospace web table · Publication year unknown · consulted 2026-11-01
Published upper limit

Payload

≥ 350 kg[1]ANKA · current Turkish Aerospace web table · Publication year unknown · consulted 2026-11-01
Published lower limit

Body length

8.6 m[1]ANKA · current Turkish Aerospace web table · Publication year unknown · consulted 2026-11-01
Manufacturer claim

Wingspan

17.5 m[1]ANKA · current Turkish Aerospace web table · Publication year unknown · consulted 2026-11-01
Manufacturer claim

Endurance

≤ 30 h[1]ANKA · current Turkish Aerospace web table · Publication year unknown · consulted 2026-11-01
Published upper limit

Communication distance

≥ 250 km[1]ANKA · current Turkish Aerospace web table · line of sight · Publication year unknown · consulted 2026-11-01
Published lower limit

Same-class research profiles · published range, km · open bounds remain open

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Turn the scale plane

A flat, schematic outline in perspective, not a 3D model. Only sourced length and span are scaled; height and internal geometry are unknown. For intervals, the upper endpoints are drawn.

Turn the scale plane · Turkish Aerospace ANKA1 m
Human · illustrative 1.8 m · ANKA · current Turkish Aerospace web table

8.6 m / 17.5 m[1]

Size in everyday terms

One scale. Different machines.

Top view
Turkish Aerospace ANKA · 8.6 m / 17.5 mHuman reference · illustrative 1.8 m1 m
Side view · schematic
Turkish Aerospace ANKA · 8.6 mHuman reference · illustrative 1.8 m1 m

Turkish Aerospace ANKA · ANKA · current Turkish Aerospace web table · Body length[1] · Wingspan[1]

Human height is an illustrative 1.8 m; bus length an illustrative 12 m. Car length uses the cited MINI specification. Vehicle heights and drone side contours are schematic. Top views preserve published length and span; an absent dimension is never guessed.

One car length here is 3.821 m: MINI Cooper 3 door, March 2020 specification.

In our archive

Not yet named as a model in this archive — sources usually say only “drone” or name the family.

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Where this type appears

Counts follow model/family links in the archive. A general register link does not identify a model.

Family & configurations

Turkish Aerospace ANKA

No sourced family relationship recorded in this edition. Similar roles do not establish a common design.

Form, sound & identification limits

  • The current web table says up to 30 hours. Older “30+” brochures are not merged with it. Length 8.6 m and span 17.5 m belong to the same current table; all remain manufacturer claims.[1]
  • Kazakhstan’s ministry says ANKA passed experimental troop trials and entered service. This confirms its own acceptance account, not the outcome of every test or the accuracy of all advertised performance figures.[2]
  • Line-of-sight datalink and satellite communication ranges are communication metrics, not total flight distances. A common ground segment with AKSUNGUR does not mean the aircraft have the same mass, payload or endurance.[1]

Shape or sound alone cannot identify a drone. Follow local public-safety alerts; do not approach wreckage.

No licensed, model-attested recording is available in our sound library.

What does it cost?

Published USD figures use different price bases and years. Airframes, export packages and support are not equivalent. These are not current offers or verified production costs.

Unknown in reviewed sources

Countermeasures in public analysis

No type-specific, independently supported summary is included in this edition.

Source notebook

  1. Turkish Aerospace · ANKA current technical data

    Publication date not stated · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Manufacturer claim

  2. Ministry of Defence of Kazakhstan · Year review: ANKA passed troop trials and entered service

    Publication date not stated · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Official report; not an independent test

    Consulted via search index; direct page unavailable

Cite this profile

DroneLedger. Turkish Aerospace ANKA. Research edition 2026-11-01. https://droneincidents.com/drones/tai-anka/

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