{"id":52626,"date":"2017-11-03T19:17:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T19:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/03\/drone-wars-turkey-ups-homegrown-options\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:46:03","slug":"drone-wars-turkey-ups-homegrown-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2017\/11\/03\/drone-wars-turkey-ups-homegrown-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone wars: Turkey ups homegrown options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANKARA, Turkey \u2014 The growing asymmetrical threats on both sides of Turkey\u2019s border with Syria and Iraq have compelled the country\u2019s military, procurement and industry officials to step up efforts to boost new drone programs, even as allies continue to hold back on support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps one of the most telling signs of progress is completion of the development phase of a program to build the country\u2019s first drone engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials with Turkey\u2019s national engine maker, Tusas Engine Industries say the PD170 engine has successfully gone through initial tests, meeting all performance criteria. Nearly five years in the making, TEI has been working on the PD170 since December 2012 when it signed a development contract with Turkey\u2019s procurement authority, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries, or SSM. The 2.1-liter turbo-diesel PD170 can produce 170 horsepower at 20,000 feet, and 130 horsepower at 30,000 feet. It can generate power at a maximum altitude of 40,000 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2016\/10\/19\/turkey-looks-to-enrich-drone-fleet\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635815483574937532-dfn-turkey-uav-bayrakturjpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Turkey Looks to Enrich Drone Fleet<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Facing multiple asymmetrical security threats, Turkey increasingly relies on a strategy to enrich its inventory of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) types. Most recently, Turkey\u2019s procurement agency released two requests for information (RFI) to task industry with research on two new types of drones.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PD170 was designed for the Anka, Turkey\u2019s first indigenous medium-altitude, long-endurance drone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TEI officials said the first PD170 would soon be delivered to Turkish Aerospace Industries. The engine\u2019s \u201cmaturity tests\u201d are ongoing, and TEI hopes to win certification for the engine in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>The \u2018brave man\u2019 and the \u2018falcon\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, government-owned defense technologies company STM says it started a mass production program for a series of new drones with high-tech capabilities. These drones will be used by the Turkish military for anti-terrorism operations in the country\u2019s predominantly Kurdish southeast where fighting between the government and Kurdish insurgency has claimed more than 40,000 lives since 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SSM\u2019s chief, Undersecretary Ismail Demir, said now under mass production are what officials dub \u201ckamikaze drones.\u201d The first deliveries to the Turkish military would begin later this year. The \u201cautonomous kamikaze drones\u201d have a strike-and-hit capability. They are equipped with artificial intelligence algorithms for monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the drones is the Alpagu, or \u201cbrave man\u201d in ancient Turkic languages. The Alpagu can be manually or autonomously operated, has fixed wings and can be launched from a lancer. It can be made ready for launch within 45 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Togan, translated to \u201cfalcon\u201d in ancient Turkish, was developed for monitoring purposes and uses AI algorithms. STM officials say the Togan features fairly high-optical zooming capabilities and high-flight performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Turkish military will operate the Togan alongside the Alpagu and the Kargu, another kamikaze drone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Homeland security and industry response<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey\u2019s military and procurement officials have increasingly relied on various drone systems, most notably to boost the country\u2019s asymmetrical fight against Kurdish insurgents and hostile Islamic groups fighting in the Syrian civil war. A two-year cease-fire with the Kurdish insurgents ended in July 2015, and thousands have died since in a renewed cycle of violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/unmanned-unleashed\/2017\/03\/07\/turkey-gets-additional-drones-to-fight-isis-kurds\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/kalebaykar.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Turkey gets additional drones to fight ISIS, Kurds<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Kale-Baykar, a privately owned Turkish venture specialized in drones, has delivered a batch of six armed drones to the Turkish military.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is increasing appetite from the end user [the military] for drone systems and subsystems of all possible types,\u201d an STM official said. \u201cNot just our company, but the whole industry is working on various programs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The local industry is thriving to cope with the demand. In March, Kale-Baykar, a privately owned Turkish venture, delivered a batch of six armed drones to the Turkish military. The Bayraktar TB2 drone would be stationed in Elazig close to the Kurdish insurgency zones. Turkey tested the Bayraktar last year. The drone successfully hit a target at the Konya fire test field in central Anatolia from a distance of 8 kilometers. The Bayraktar uses the MAM-L and MAM-C, both miniature smart munitions developed and produced by Roketsan.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/04\/24\/going-it-alone-turkey-staunch-in-efforts-for-self-sufficient-defense-capabilities\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hurkus-and-erdogan.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Going it alone: Turkey staunch in efforts for self-sufficient defense capabilities<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The country is aiming to achieve near-full self-sufficiency in line with its regional and global ambitions for more political clout. But some of its indigenous programs may prove overly ambitious.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey\u2019s local industry is also developing the BSI-101 \u2014 a system for signals intelligence \u2014 for the Bayraktar to put an end to Turkey\u2019s dependence on U.S.-made sigint systems for drones. The Bayraktar can fly at a maximum altitude of 24,000 feet. Its communications range is 150 kilometers. The aircraft can carry up to 55 kilograms of payload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further enhancing capabilities, Meteksan Savunma, a privately owned Turkish defense company, said it successfully developed the country\u2019s first indigenous automatic takeoff and landing, or ATOL, system for drones. The company said the system (OKIS in its Turkish acronym) aims to replace imported ATOL systems currently used in Turkish-made drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of June, SSM released a request for information for a new program for the purchase of a drone system able to take aerial photography. SSM said the competition would only be open to local producers. That same month, SSM released another RFI for the acquisition of a ship-based vertical takeoff and landing drone system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey is seeking to counter threats on both sides of its border, and local industry is preparing to fulfill that 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