Roketsan’s new air-to-ground supersonic ballistic missile, designated UAV-300 (300-ER), was successfully test-fired for the first time from Baykar’s Bayraktar Akıncı UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle).
The missile successfully struck a target at a distance of over 250 kilometers, marking a milestone as the longest-range munition produced by the Turkish defense industry and fired from an airborne platform.
Taking off from the Flight Training and Test Center in Çorlu, Tekirdağ, the Akıncı UCAV conducted the test firing at the Sinop range over the Black Sea.
Featuring both long-range and supersonic speed, the UAV-300 is 5 meters long and weighs 900 kilograms. With its 370 mm diameter body, the missile can carry a warhead payload exceeding 150 kilograms and achieve a range from 250 kilometers to well over 500 kilometers, depending on the launch altitude.
The integration of Roketsan's other air-launched ballistic missiles, the UAV-122 and UAV-230, onto the Akıncı has already been completed.
ROKETSAN’S BURÇ AND SUNGUR
Separately, Roketsan’s new mobile air defense system, Burç, successfully hit a moving airborne target during a test firing of the Sungur missile.
The Burç platform carries eight Sungur missiles featuring an 8 km range and 6 km altitude as its primary striking power, and can be equipped with a 20 or 30 mm cannon system as a secondary weapon. This multi-layered system can serve in both close-in air defense and low-altitude air defense.
Equipped with active and passive sensors alongside an advanced Electro-Optical/Infrared sensor package, Burç can instantly react to threats from any direction thanks to its 360-degree stabilized turret.
Burç can perform missions both connected to a centralized Command and Control (C2) network and independently in the field as a stand-alone system. The system offers an effective protective shield against a broad spectrum of targets ranging from micro-UAVs to attack helicopters and low-flying fighter jets.
In addition, the Akıncı UCAV hit the target aircraft successfully with a Sungur air defense missile (air-to-air) in a recent test.
STM’S TUNGA AND TOGAN
Defense Technologies and National Engineering (STM) tested the Tunga-X hunter drone and a new capability added to the Togan mini-surveillance UAV under various operational scenarios.
STM first introduced the Tunga-X, designed to destroy enemy UAVs in mid-air, at the defense industry and aerospace event SAHA 2026 in May. It is equipped with radar-supported detection, tracking, and neutralization capabilities. Tunga-X can operate autonomously and can reach speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour.
STM has also integrated the rotary-wing surveillance UAV Togan, which has been in operational use for approximately five years, with an intelligent system named Nest. Consequently, Togan can execute a fully autonomous mission cycle without requiring human intervention. When it is time for a mission, Nest's hatches open automatically, and Togan takes off to perform reconnaissance flights, returning to the charging station inside its nest using precision landing technology.
Nest manages flight safety by tracking wind, precipitation, and temperature, and recharges Togan in 35 minutes to prepare it for its next mission.
