ŞİMŞEK

ŞİMŞEK ŞİMŞEK
Fly Range(km):120.00
Ceiling(m):7,600.00
Endurance(hrs):0.75
Drone Name:ŞİMŞEK
Country:Turkey
Maker:Turkish Aerospace Industries

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ŞİMŞEK from Turkey, produced by Turkish Aerospace Industries

Introduce:

Being an indigenous Design and Development program, ŞİMŞEK High Speed Target Drone System program was initiated in 2009 to meet the increased training requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF).

System will meet the requirements of high speed target drone simulating enemy aircraft and missiles for air to air, ground to air, anti-aircraft gunnery and missile systems’ tracking and firing trainings. Open architecture design of ŞİMŞEK High Speed Target Drone System can be modified with respect to end user requirements.

ŞİMŞEK System, indigenously designed and produced by TUSAS, general features:

  • 45 minutes of endurance
  • Max. Speed 350+ kts
  • Mission altitude between 50 ft (15 m) to 25.000 feet (7600 m) (ASL)
  • 120 km LOS Data Link Range with GCS
  • Catapulte launch and dropping off from aircraft wings
  • Parachute recovery on land or at sea
  • Ability to take-off and control from Navy platforms
  • Structure manufactured with advanced composite technology
  • Compatible with military standards
  • Full autonomous flight mode including take-off and landing with indigenous “GCS Flight Control System” and “Autopilot System”
  • Preprogrammed flight ability to assign waypoints and change during / before flight
  • Return Home & Fail Safe Modes for automatic recovery to a predefined return home point
  • Record and playback of real-time coded digital flight data telemetry
  • Digital maps with moving capability

Payloads:

Passive Radar Cross Section Augmenter – Luneberg Lens

  • Active Radar Cross Section Augmenter
  • Miss Distance Indicator (MDI)
  • IR Signature AUgmenter (Hot Nose)
  • Automatic Identification System (AIS)
  • Smoke Generator

Additional Payload Integration Activities: Countermeasures Dispenser System (CMDS)

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