Bayraktar DİHA
Fixed-wing VTOL tactical drone designed to operate from Turkish Navy ships without catapult or runway: combines quadcopter flexibility with the endurance of a fixed-wing platform.
Bayraktar DİHA
Fixed-wing VTOL tactical drone designed to operate from Turkish Navy ships without catapult or runway: combines quadcopter flexibility with the endurance of a fixed-wing platform.
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Identity
- Designation
- Bayraktar DİHA
- Alias
- Bayraktar VTOL (Dikey İHA)
- Manufacturer
- Baykar
- Country
- Turkey
- Year
- 2023
- Category
- ISR (Reconnaissance)
- Class
- Tactical (< 600 kg)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 150 km
- Endurance
- 12 h
- Top speed
- 150 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 6,700 m
- Propulsion
- Ibrido: 4 motori elettrici VTOL + motore termico per crociera (push)
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 235 kg
- Payload
- 40 kg
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR gimbal, SIGINT modulare
- Datalink / control
- Datalink LOS criptato
- Launch
- Decollo verticale (VTOL)
- Recovery
- Atterraggio verticale
Combat use
- ▸Naval ISR operations from MILGEM corvettes (2024-present)
- ▸Maritime patrol in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean
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History
Developed from 2022 and unveiled at TEKNOFEST 2023, the DİHA answers the Turkish Navy's requirement for an autonomous naval drone for MILGEM frigates and corvettes.
Tests aboard the corvette TCG Kınalıada and frigate TCG Istanbul in 2024 demonstrated full compatibility with the MILGEM platforms.
The Bayraktar DİHA (Dikey İniş-Kalkış İHA) is the first fully Turkish fixed-wing VTOL tactical drone, designed to solve the operational challenge of launching and recovering an ISR UAV from MILGEM-class frigates and corvettes without runway or catapult.
Unveiled at TEKNOFEST 2023, the DİHA combines the vertical lift of a quadcopter with the economical cruise of a fixed wing, using hybrid propulsion that delivers 12 h endurance with an MTOW of just 235 kg.
Tests aboard the corvette TCG Kınalıada and frigate TCG Istanbul throughout 2024 proved full integration with the Turkish Navy's ADVENT and GENESIS combat systems, opening the era of persistent naval ISR drones for the Turkish fleet.