Turkey’s ANKA III UCAV Flies with Munition for the First Time | Aviation

The ANKA III was ‘airborne’ with a Teber-82 guided munition mounted on its left wing.

TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industries/Türk Havacılık Uzay Sanayii/TUSAS) announced on Sep. 1, 2024, that its ANKA III UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) “successfully completed its first armed flight.” TAI said in a statement that the Anka III was “airborne” with a “Teber-82 guided munition mounted on its left wing, and various tests were conducted during the flight.”

Video footage of the flight shows the ANKA III being accompanied by a Hurkus aircraft, with the Teber-82 guided bomb loaded on the left wing’s weapon station. Tests of the “concealed weapon stations beneath the fuselage,” were conducted, Turkiye Today said. The latest flight follows a previous one in August, which involved a “test of retracting its landing gear.”

ANKA III mühimmatlı ilk uçuşunu gerçekleştirdi! ✈️

Tam bağımsız Türkiye yolunda gücümüzün ve kararlılığımızın eseri ANKA III, birbiri ardına kaydettiği başarılarla heyecan ve gurur veriyor.

Savunma sanayimiz, yerli ve milli teknolojimizin gücüyle, yarınlara hızla ilerliyor.… pic.twitter.com/F79P9K2Ujq

— Türk Havacılık Uzay Sanayii (@TUSAS_TR)…