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TAI launches unmanned armed helicopter
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has launched a small, armed, unmanned helicopter. At the Paris Air Show, the R-IHA – the Turkish acronym for rotary-wing UAS – was launched and Gorkem Bilgi, business development leader at TAI’s integrated helicopter department said the prototype is expected to achieve first flight in mid-2012.
TAI launched the R-IHA programme after detecting a gap in the market for an unmanned helicopter between 300 kg (660 lb) and 500 kg, Bilgi said. The prototype design is listed with an endurance of 4 hours, a maximum take-off weight of 340 kg with a 100 kg payload, 10,000 ft (3,050 m) service ceiling and a top cruise speed of 100 kt (185 km/h).
The R-IHA joins a UAS portfolio within TAI that includes a medium-altitude long-endurance UAS called the AMKA. The first vehicle achieved first flight in December last. Two more vehicles are scheduled for delivery in 2012 to complete an initial order by the Turks.
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