Turkish company Baykar also tested the new K2 heavy attack #drone. The new device is a kamikaze drone with the ability to drop its payload and return to base. During the demonstration, five K2s took off from the Kesan training and test center in ...
...Edirne Province and conducted multi-hour flights over Saros Gulf, operating in a "swarm" in various formations (right echelon, line, V-shaped). The drones fully autonomously determined their relative positions using AI, sensors, and software without errors. The K2 operates in electronic warfare (EW) environments (without GPS/GNSS) – it navigates visually based on the terrain using a gyro-stabilized EO/IR camera and a lower night vision camera. It also features visual target acquisition and...
... precision coordinate engagement. Performance Specifications: Max. takeoff weight – 800 kg; Warhead weight – 200 kg; Range – over 2,000 km; Speed – over 200 km/h; Flight endurance – over 13 hours; Takeoff/landing – from short or unprepared runways (STOL). The video is certainly beautiful and the announced performance characteristics are threatening. At the same time the drone looks bulky enough to overcome competent air defense. A telling example is the hyped flagship of the Baykar compa...
...ny reconnaissance and attack #UAVs Bayraktar TB2/3, which were destroyed en masse by #Russian air defense units at the very beginning of the Central Military District and now fly only at a significant distance from the LBS, not realizing even half of their functionality.