Being a Design and Development program, TURNA Target Drone Systems program was initiated in 1995 to meet the increasing training needs of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF). Indigenously designed and produced TURNAs, which entered the inventory of TAF in 2001, are being actively used in training of defense units.

TURNA Target Drone System can be used as a training platform for conservation and improvement of defense capabilities against air threats. The highly cost-effective system, which has as open architecture design that can be shaped in accordance with the needs of the customer, has proven its effectivity during real firing missions at operational areas with its distinctive simulation of air threats and missiles capability; high maneuverability; high speed; ease of use; low mission risk and modularity.

Specifications

-          Take-off with launcher, recovery by parachute on land or sea,

-          Ability to take-off and operate from Navy vessels,

-          Structure manufactured with advanced composite technology,

-          Ability to carry three dismounted aircraft in foldable and towable launcher,

-          Certified by MIL-STD-810F and MIL-STD-461 military standards,

-          Coded by NATO NSN standards.

Control & Navigation

-          Fully autopiloted flight including take-off and landing,

-          Position, speed and altitude stabilization with autopilot system,

-          GPS supported heading and waypoint hold,

-          Preprogrammed flight ability to assign up to 255 waypoints and change during / before flight,

-          Fail Safe Automatic recovery with Return Home Mode,

-          Mission planning and control with EMI/EMC filtered, air conditioned, mobile/stationary Ground Control Station,

-          Record and playback of real-time coded digital flight data telemetry,

-          Ability to recognize and load digital maps.

Payloads

-          Missed Distance Indicator and 150 m rope towed fire training of optic, radar guided and manuel barreled anti-aircraft guns, real-time monitoring of accuracy and missed distance,

-          Passive radar cross section generators; fire training of radar guided missiles,

-          Flare; fire training of thermal guided missiles.


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