417:- Kosovo Security Forces have in plan to buy 3 drone Karayel by 2023 (Government-to-Government (G2G) Procurement / donation with Turkish Ministry of Defense MoD / Turkey’s Military Financial Cooperation Agreement. Incl. 3× KARAYEL-SU AUV; 100× MAM-L anti tank missile; 100× MAM-C laser guided missile; 1× Ground Data Terminals (GDT); 1× Ground Control Stations (GCS); tools and test equipment, spare and repair parts, publications and technical documentation, personnel training, Turkish Government and contractor technical support services, and logistics support.The overall contract value is approximately 25.000.000 €).
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only in manned aviation around the world until now, has been carried to an unmanned aerial vehicle for the first time with the
Karayel. The aerial vehicle has the ability to protect against lightning thanks to the aluminum network grid on its composite structure. A de-Icing system automatically detects icing conditions allows operations in cold climates. The Karayel, which is an aerial reconnaissance and surveillance platform, can perform target marking, lighting and ammunition direction by its laser sensors and day/night target detection and identification by its camera system which it carries as payload.
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Hodeidah. Later the Houthis published footage of the downing and recovery of the remains of a Vestel
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Karayel-SU (SU; standing for Armed-Extended Wing) has a longer wingspan, as well as end-plates on its wing tips and two hardpoints for payload under each wing. Each one of the hardpoints can carry 30 kg, meaning that the total payload capacity of the
Karayel-SU under its wings is 120 kg.
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Karayel is designed and manufactured in accordance with NATO ‘Airworthiness’ standard; STANAG 4671. The Karayel system has novel triple redundant distributed avionics architecture which ensures protection against all kinds of uncontrolled crash. With this feature, systematic fault safety used
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1145:"An international military drone development project arrives in Békéscsaba"
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849:"Roketsan's Smart Micro Guided Munitions Boost Effectiveness of UAVs"
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CTech SATCOM On-The-Move terminals for unmanned aerial vehicles
1278:"Yemen's Houthis say they downed a Saudi reconnaissance plane"
506:"28.4.2020 - Saudi contract for Turkey's Karayel tactical UAS"
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DEV-KA-12 SATCOM On The Move Terminal mounted Vestel Karayel
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DEV-KU-18 SATCOM On The Move Terminal mounted Vestel Karayel
1314:"Yemeni air defenses shoot down Saudi spy plane over Hajjah"
1131:"Vestel Karayel-SU Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Hungary"
663:"Turkey's newest armed drone makes debut at Dubai Airshow"
961:"Asisguard ve Tübitak Sage TOGAN'ı SONGAR'a entegre etti"
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824:"Turkish drones revolutionize Idlib conflict – analysis"
590:"Vestel Savunma - Ürün İnsansiz Hava Araci Si̇stemleri̇"
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single blade, 1.45 m (4 ft 9 in) diameter
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Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles
1234:"Chiến trường Yemen: Houthi bắn hạ UAV của Ả rập Xê út"
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Unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle
1252:"Yemeni Air Defense Shot Down Fighting Drone, Al-Jawf"
1181:"Video: Shooting Down Saudi Coalition "Karayel" Drone"
1064:"Turkey's Vestel Tests Karayel UAS – UAS VISION"
1037:"Saudi Arabia to Produce Turkish SIHA From 2021"
912:"Turkey To Outfit Drones with Local Mini Rocket"
1019:"Two Saudi companies to produce Turkish drones"
741:"CTECH - DEV-KA-12 SATCOM On The Move Terminal"
715:"CTECH - DEV-KU-18 SATCOM On The Move Terminal"
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448:List of unmanned aerial vehicles § Turkey
403:in a joint German-Turkish-Hungarian operation.
308:L-UMTAS (Long Range Anti tank Missile System)
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930:"TURKISH DEFENCE INDUSTRY PRODUCT CATALOGUE"
560:"TURKISH DEFENCE INDUSTRY PRODUCT CATALOGUE"
239:Maximum Takeoff Weight : 630 kg
184:1 × unspecified , 72 kW (97 hp)
661:Opall-Rome, Barbara (15 November 2017).
688:"VESTEL KARAYEL-SU İnsansız Hava Aracı"
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205:150 km/h (92 mph, 80 kn)
1369:International unmanned aerial vehicles
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646:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
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547:operated by Intra Defense Technologies
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16:Turkish unmanned combat aerial vehicle
322:Roketsan Cirit (70 mm Missile System)
118:. The drone is currently operated by
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1105:"Military Knowledge: Karayel Drone"
1017:Ege Bekdil, Burak (22 March 2021).
910:Bekdil, Burak Ege (8 August 2017).
828:The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
822:Frantzman, Seth J. (2 March 2020).
263:Operational Altitude 18.000 ft
251:Wing Useful Load : 120 kg
1220:"Turkish drone shot down in Yemen"
875:"Cırıt 2.75" Laser Guided Missile"
796:Roblin, Sebastien (2 March 2020).
777:from the original on 13 April 2016
535:Binnie, Jeremy (2 December 2020).
269:Landing Distance : <750 m
236:Engine Power 1 × 97 HP (Sea Level)
172:10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
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1198:Binnie, Jeremy (2 January 2020).
986:@miguyan2000 (28 February 2019).
959:Mehmet, Fatih (23 January 2020).
765:Eshel, Tamir (19 December 2015).
266:Data Link Range: >150 km
166:6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
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257:Flight Speed : 60-80 knots
254:Trunk Payload : 50 kg
41:Medium Altitude Long Endurance
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395:- The drone was tested at the
260:Rate of Climb : 800 m/min
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1200:"Karayel UAV lost over Yemen"
537:"Karayel UAV lost over Yemen"
217:6,900 m (22,500 ft)
124:Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia
93:Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia
694:(in Turkish). 21 April 2018
178:550 kg (1,213 lb)
47:unmanned combat air vehicle
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1062:The Editor (3 June 2014).
374:- 10 Karayel-SU-TUAV-SOTM.
335:- Air-to-surface launched
329:Bozok Laser Guided Rockets
317:precision-guided munitions
245:Total Length : 6.5 m
231:Technicial Specifications
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542:Jane's Information Group
510:ABG Strategic Consulting
463:Baykar Bayraktar Akıncı
151:General characteristics
1041:RayHaber | RaillyNews
853:Asian Military Review
242:Wing Span : 13 m
1169:on 31 December 2019.
988:"TÜBİTAK SAGE Togan"
458:Baykar Bayraktar TB3
248:Height : 2.11 m
120:Turkish Armed Forces
89:Turkish Armed Forces
628:on 13 November 2020
468:Bayraktar Kızılelma
422:Operational history
176:Max takeoff weight:
85:Primary users
1318:Yemen Press Agency
1185:Islamic World News
1133:. 6 November 2021.
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771:defense-update.com
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516:on 23 October 2020
333:TUBITAK-SAGE TOGAN
315:: MAM-C and MAM-L
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698:14 November
672:14 November
574:14 November
520:14 November
196:Performance
188:Propellers:
182:Powerplant:
1363:Categories
1336:HodhodNews
895:17 October
489:References
483:TAI Anka-3
401:Békéscsaba
209:Endurance:
344:Operators
302:Armaments
170:Wingspan:
144:Data from
1353:Lentatek
1079:cite web
998:14 April
971:14 April
944:14 April
882:Roketsan
781:28 April
775:Archived
642:cite web
473:TAI Anka
442:See also
339:munition
211:20 hours
122:and the
116:Lentatek
71:Lentatek
24:Karayel
1262:8 March
1004:Twitter
859:2 March
833:9 March
807:9 March
739:CTECH.
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164:Length:
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415:Kosovo
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