TAI ANKA-3
Turkish stealth flying-wing UCAV, ANKA-3 is designed as a loyal wingman for the 5th-generation TAI KAAN fighter, featuring low observability, internal weapons bay and the ability to penetrate contested airspace.
TAI ANKA-3
Turkish stealth flying-wing UCAV, ANKA-3 is designed as a loyal wingman for the 5th-generation TAI KAAN fighter, featuring low observability, internal weapons bay and the ability to penetrate contested airspace.
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Identity
- Designation
- TAI ANKA-3
- Alias
- ANK3
- Manufacturer
- Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI/TUSAŞ)
- Country
- Turkey
- Year
- 2025
- Category
- UCAV (Combat UAV)
- Class
- MALE (Medium-altitude / long-endurance)
- Status
- In sviluppo
Performance
- Range
- 900 km
- Endurance
- 10 h
- Top speed
- 800 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 12,200 m
- Propulsion
- Turbofan AI-25TLT (futuro motore turco TF-6000)
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 7000 kg
- Payload
- 1200 kg
- Hardpoints
- 2
- Weapons
- SOM-J interno, Gökdoğan, Bozdoğan, bombe guidate interne
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- AESA MURAD, EO/IR, EW suite, sensori passivi a bassa probabilità di intercettazione
- Datalink / control
- SATCOM + datalink stealth + loyal wingman MUM-T
- Launch
- Pista
- Recovery
- Pista
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History
Unveiled at TEKNOFEST 2023 and first-flown in December 2023, ANKA-3 is the first tail-less stealth drone produced in Turkey.
The ANK3-002 prototype demonstrated guided-munition release from the internal bay in 2024, a key milestone for future MUM-T integration with the KAAN fighter.
ANKA-3 marks Turkey's entry into the restricted club of stealth flying-wing UCAV producers, alongside the USA (RQ-170), China (GJ-11) and Russia (S-70 Okhotnik), via a tail-less design optimised for low frontal RCS.
Developed as a loyal wingman for the 5th-generation TAI KAAN fighter, ANKA-3 features an internal weapons bay for SOM-J and guided bombs, enabling SEAD/DEAD penetration missions in A2/AD airspace.