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Research edition · 2026-11-01

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]

Archived research edition. Archive statistics and new dossiers are available on the current profile.

Current profile ↗
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.

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

Family & configurations

Turkish Aerospace ANKA

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

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

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

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