Türkiye's first military unmanned helicopter development acceleration

2022-11-02

According to foreign media reports, recently, the first military unmanned helicopter "Arping" project led by Türkiye Tatra has been included in the government's "priority investment list in aerospace field". Analysts believe that this may accelerate the production and installation of this type of unmanned helicopter. In recent years, Türkiye's UAVs have frequently appeared in local conflicts, and have been praised by users. In this case, the "Arping" military unmanned helicopter that appeared this time attracted much attention. According to foreign media, this type of military unmanned helicopter has three characteristics. Common use and multi-party cooperation. The research and development of "Arping" military unmanned helicopter began in 2019. At that time, Tatra, together with the American UAVS manufacturing company, built a light civilian unmanned transport helicopter based on the Italian CH-7 helicopter. Because of its excellent performance in forest fire rescue, it has attracted the attention of Türkiye's military. In 2021, Tatra launched the "Alpine" military unmanned helicopter, and subsequently obtained the military order. It is easy to manufacture and cheap. Tatra said that the civilian version of the unmanned helicopter can be quickly converted into a military version after simple modification. It is reported that the single CH-7 helicopter sells for about 60000 dollars, and the cost of a single "Alping" military unmanned helicopter is estimated to be less than 100000 dollars. This project has been included in the government's "priority investment list in aerospace field", and will receive about 2.45 million dollars of funding together with another UAV of Tatra, which will help it gain competitive advantage over similar UAVs. Reliable performance and strong expansibility. The "Arping" military unmanned helicopter has a maximum flight speed of 160 kilometers per hour, a maximum range of 840 kilometers, a maximum flight altitude of 5000 meters, a maximum payload of 200 kilograms, and a duration of 7 hours. Tatra said that because of the modular avionics architecture, it can easily integrate new systems, and can also carry weapons according to operational needs to undertake close air support tasks. Analysts believe that Türkiye's government has increased its investment in small and medium-sized enterprises' drone projects in the aerospace field, on the one hand, to consolidate and expand Türkiye's advantages in the drone field, and on the other hand, to achieve the export target in the defense industry. At present, Türkiye's military star product TB-2 UAV has attracted many buyers relying on its strong strength. It is reported that Kale Bakar, which is responsible for R&D, has sold 96 TB-2 UAVs in the first half of this year. Türkiye hopes to rely on "Arping" military unmanned helicopter to find new growth points in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles. In addition, Türkiye's Defense Industry Agency launched the Strategic Plan for 2019 to 2023 in 2018, which plans to increase the total volume of arms exports year by year and increase the proportion of domestic weapons. To this end, Türkiye's National Defense Industry Agency has set up specialized agencies in many countries or regions to promote exports, and has allocated special funds to support the development of defense enterprises. At present, TETRA can only produce 10 "Alping" military unmanned helicopters every year, and the production capacity may increase rapidly after obtaining financial support. Although Türkiye is full of expectations for the first military unmanned helicopter, there are also many doubts outside. one

Edit:Yi Bing    Responsible editor:Wei Li Bin

Source:people.com.cn

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