Vestel is set to hand over the first of its production version Karayel unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to the Turkish Land Forces in July.
Speaking to IHS Jane’s at the IDEF 2013 exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey, company engineer Euren Kaya said the UAS has now completed its development. An earlier version of the platform was presented at IDEF 2011.
The Turkish Land Forces tasked Vestel with developing the system in early 2011, and see the platform as filling a tactical role, one tier beneath that of the ANKA medium-altitude, long-endurance UAS, Kaya said.
A complete UAS consists of six aircraft, the ground control station (GCS) and associated communications systems.
Karayel features an 80 hp engine that drives a nose-mounted, two-blade propeller. For a tactical system the aircraft has a long endurance – around 20 hours – in part aided by its 10.5 m wingspan. It has a ceiling of 20,000 ft and a cruise speed of between 60-80 kt.
The payload is belly-mounted in a gimbal and currently consists of electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) sensors, as well as laser rangefinder and pointer devices.
Source: Jane’s
Dear Sir,
nice UAV but i was wondering if there an armamant kit for it and what is the armamant composed of.