Baykar Bayraktar Kızılelma ( red apple ) is the unmanned warplane equipped with an AESA radar and comes in 3 variants, among them Kızılelma-A is Subsonic and Kızılelma-B and Kızılelma-C will be supersonic.
According to data shared by the company, the Kızılelma will have an operational altitude of 35,000 feet (10,670 m) , Capacity of 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) , Combat range of 930 km (580 mi, 500 nmi) on internal fuel , Operational altitude of 11,000 m (35,000 ft) , Maximum speed of 1,100 km/h (680 mph, 590 kn) 0.9 Mach , Cruise speed of 735 km/h (457 mph, 400 kn) 0.6 Mach.
It made its first maiden flight on December 14, 2022.
It made its second flight on mid-January 2023 at Akinsi Flight Training and Test Centre in Torlutek under the management of Baykar chairman who said that their unmanned aircraft has successfully completed System Identification Flight and congratulated his nation and country.
It also conducted several flight tests to check various parameters and were successfully conducted.
The future operators of Bayraktar Kızılelma will be TURKISH AIR FORCE and TURKISH NAVY.
It will be released by the end of 2023, and it will start flying from the ship in 2025.
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