The Anka UAV (Photo: Turkish Defence Ministry)
Turkey has conducted test firings of domestically manufactured weapons from its Anka unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Defense Industries Undersecretariat (SSM) announced account on 28 April.
Images posted on both the SSM and Turkish defense ministry Twitter accounts showed the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Anka UAV carrying a combination of Roketsan MAM-L precision-guided bombs (PGBs), Cirit guided rockets, and UMTAS long-range anti-tank missiles. One image also showed the Anka to be equipped with the Aselsan electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) sensor.
As noted by the SSM, this armed configuration for the Anka "will be on duty soon."
[Source: IHS Jane's]