14.08.2006, 14:32
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By Peter La Franchi in London
Turkey's Kalebaykar unmanned air vehicle joint venture flew a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAV demonstrator adapted from a model helicopter in June and is planning to fly a larger, more advanced VTOL testbed by November.
The June exercise saw the demonstrator perform 30 sorties, each of around 15min. These included a flight involving fully autonomous take-off, waypoint navigation to a landing zone 1km (0.5nm) away, precision landing on a 1m (3ft) square target point in 17kt (30km/h) wind conditions, and return to the launch point.
The larger demonstrator, again being based on a model helicopter, will have a 2.2m rotor disc and is currently being modified to support continued evolution of the autonomy suite and prepare it for transition to production standard.