Turkish Drone Hits Target Using New Guidance Kit in Test Launch
Turkish defense firms Baykar and Tubitak Sage have completed the test firing of a new indigenous precision guidance kit, Gokce, aboard the Bayraktar Akinci drone.
The guidance kit-equipped 1,000-pound (455 kilograms) MK-83 bomb engaged with a target from the combat drone at an altitude of 20,000 feet (6,096 meters).
AKINCI'nın taşıdığı en büyük bomba (MK83, 1000lbs), ilk atışında #GÖKÇE yeni nesil güdüm kiti ile tam hedefte. Yeni kanart/kanat yapısı, gelişmiş otopilot algoritmaları ile İHA'dan hareketli hedeflere ve 20km'ye kadar angajman. F16 ile çok daha ötesi.🇹🇷💪@SageTubitak @BaykarTech pic.twitter.com/rmg65WZTMR
— Gürcan Okumuş (@gurcano) December 23, 2022
Gokce joins multiple ammunitions that completed test launches from the Akinci combat drone.
These include Ankara-based defense contractor Roketsan’s MAM-C/L/T munitions and Teber-82 guidance kit, Tubitak Sage’s KGK-SIHA-82 wing-assisted guidance kit, and arms manufacturer Aselsan’s Tolun miniature bombs.
Just days prior, Baykar completed a test fire of Turkey’s first air-to-ground supersonic missile developed by Roketsan. The missile was also fired from an Akinci drone.
Gokce
The new generation Gokce is Tubitak Sage’s precision guidance kit compatible with combat drones and F-16 aircraft.
Gokce is equipped with global positioning and inertial navigation systems that enable the guidance kit to turn MK-83 general-purpose bombs and SARB-83 penetrator bombs into smart munitions.
“The guidance kit has INS/GPS/Laser guidance, man-in-the-loop capability, and smart weapon network compatibility. It also provides increased range and precision strike capability and is effective against moving and stationary targets,” Defence Turkey reported.
