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Unmanned combat aerial vehicle
TAI Aksungur is a unmanned combat aerial vehicle originating in Turkey. It was built by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). Reported operators include Turkish Armed Forces.
TurkeyTrue scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 12.5 m | www.tusas.com | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 12.5 m | www.tusas.com | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 12.5 m | www.tusas.com | approved |
Unmanned combat aerial vehicle
Turkey
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI)
In service
Turkish Armed Forces
12 (as of March 2023)
2019-present
20 October 2021
20 March 2019
>750 kg (1,650 lb) payload
12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
24.2 m (79 ft 5 in)
3.84 m (12 ft 7 in)
1,800 kg (3,968 lb)
3,300 kg (7,275 lb)
2 × TEI-PD170 4-cylinder liquid-cooled turbo-charged horizontally-opposed piston engine, 130–160 kW (170–220 hp) each
250 km/h (160 mph, 130 kn)
6,500 km (4,000 mi, 3,500 nmi)
Up to 50 hours
12,192 m (40,000 ft)
6 (Aksungur has 3 hardpoints on each wing with 500 kg, 300 kg and 150 kg capacities) , with provisions to carry combinations of: Missiles: CIRIT ASW : Possibly ROKETSAN DSH (Anti Submarine Warfare Rocket) and Roketsan Orka torpedoes for maritime patrol duties. Bombs : Up to 12 MAM : MAM-L and MAM-C precision-guided munitions L-UMTAS TEBER-81 (laser guided MK-81 ) TEBER-82 (laser guided MK-82 ) HGK-3 (Precision Guidance Kit) KGK (82) (Winged Guidance Kit) UAV Süper Şimşek UAV System
3-bladed constant-speed pusher propeller
Line-of-sight propagation : >250 kilometres (155 mi) Satellite Communications (SATCOM): >5,000 kilometres (3,107 mi)
>250 kilometres (155 mi)
>5,000 kilometres (3,107 mi)
CIRIT
Possibly ROKETSAN DSH (Anti Submarine Warfare Rocket) and Roketsan Orka torpedoes for maritime patrol duties.
Up to 12 MAM : MAM-L and MAM-C precision-guided munitions L-UMTAS TEBER-81 (laser guided MK-81 ) TEBER-82 (laser guided MK-82 ) HGK-3 (Precision Guidance Kit) KGK (82) (Winged Guidance Kit)
Süper Şimşek UAV System
Wing Span 24 m
Length 12.5 m
Maximum Take-Off Weight 3,300 kg
Payload Capacity 750+ kg
Endurance up to 50 hours
Service Ceiling 40.000 ft
Ceiling 40.000 ft
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
TAI Aksungur equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Angola
ChadNumber column of the Wikipedia list table under "UAV". The list's own wording applies; it is a compiled secondary source, not an official census.
KyrgyzstanReported count for TAI Aksungur. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 2. Origin: Turkey. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
TürkiyeReported count for TAI Aksungur. Service scope: Turkish Air Force aircraft; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 5. Origin: Turkey. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2023), not the article revision. 2023 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
UzbekistanReported count for TAI Aksungur. Service scope: Turkish Naval Forces; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 3. Origin: Turkey. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.