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Havelsan first unveiled the Barkan in February to further the company\u2019s \u201cdigital troop\u201d concept, which aims for quicker, more effective battlefield technology. <\/b>The UGV is equipped with a remote-controlled weapon system, electro-optical sensors and data link systems. It weighs about 500 kilograms and can communicate with UAVs that fly below the clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Group\u2019s Fedai (which translates to \u201cBodyguard\u201d in English) was designed under the supervision of the Turkish military. Fedai weighs 400 kilograms and has a towing capacity of 400 kilograms. Its palette width is 500mm, and it can reach a maximum speed of 10 kph. It also has an operational range of 1,000 meters within the line of sight of its operator and can operate up to 300 meters beyond the line of sight. It has a two-axis gyro-aided stabilized gun system that can carry a 7.62mm gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hancer (which translates to \u201cDagger\u201d in English) was developed by Electroland Defence over the course of five months. It has a payload capacity of 500 kilograms and can operate for 6 hours after 3 hours of charging. The UGV can be controlled within 1,500 meters of its operator. Hancer\u2019s moving pallet system provides an advantage in rough terrain, and it\u2019s able to handle a vertical grade of 60 percent, a side-slope grade of 30 percent, and ditches that are 60 centimeters across. It can be equipped either with a 7.62mm remote weapon system or 40mm grenade launchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aselsan did not provide specifications for its Aslan offering (which translates to \u201cLion\u201d in English), but the system is similar to its competitors, as they are in the same class of unmanned ground vehicles. Aselsan has also developed the Kaplan family of UGVs, which the Turkish military uses to neutralize explosive threats, and the company used the technology as a basis for the Aslan system. Aslan can be controlled and transmit data via satellite. For its part, the Kaplan can be fitted with a 7.62mm remote weapon system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The UGVs will be evaluated based on five categories: general inspection, mobility, autonomy, firing and performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":82791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":21,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[106,29,13,32,56,21],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3339],"class_list":["post-29394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-brief","category-home","category-industry","category-newsletters","category-robotics","category-unmanned"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"YN5VPKNEZRFHTCFSNJ4UC43L2M","arc_canonical_url":"\/unmanned\/2021\/07\/06\/four-robotic-vehicles-compete-for-turkish-military-contract\/","remove_feature_photo":true,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/best-group-fedai.jpg.jpg\")
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