Bayraktar Kizilelma with Ukrainian engine successfully passes new tests

Baykar co-owner Selçuk Bayraktar shared the information on Twitter.

Turkey's first unmanned military aircraft made its third flight at the AKINCI training and testing center in the city of Çorlu, Tekirdağ province.

"Bayraktar KIZILELMA has successfully completed the medium altitude system identification test. This was the third test we performed. From now on, many tests will continue as part of our development activities. Hopefully, at the beginning of 2024, we aim to start the mass production of KIZILELMA," Bayraktar said.

He also noted that preparations are underway for the first flight of the TB3, which will be the world's first combat UAV capable of landing and taking off from ships with short runways.

The Bayraktar Kızılelma combat unmanned aircraft is powered by a Ukrainian-made AI-25TLT turbojet engine.

• In early August 2022, Bayraktar acquired a land plot to build a plant in Ukraine.

• On September 10, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the Turkish company's CEO Haluk Bayraktar and awarded him the Order of Merit.

• On September 19, the Turkish defense company Baykar Makina announced the successful completion of the first motor integration test of its Bayraktar Kizilelma combat unmanned aircraft.