The ULAQ surface drone successfully hit the target on land

This was reported by Militarny, citing the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Turkey.

The training took place at the DENİZKURDU-2021 exercise, which has been going on in Turkey since May 25 and will end on June 5.

The moment of the shot and hitting the target was recorded from an unmanned aerial vehicle, which involved in training:

The ULAQ surface strike drone project was presented by the shipbuilding company ARES in October 2020.

The ULAQ surface strike drone project was presented by the shipbuilding company ARES in October 2020.

Work on the first unmanned surface platform was carried out jointly with the Turkish company Meteksan Defense.

The ULAQ surface drone successfully hit the target on land. The moment of hitting the missile launched by ULAQ Stopkadr from the video of the Ministry of Defense of Turkey

A prototype ULAQ surface drone was introduced in December of that year. Work on the design and commissioning of the new vessel lasted three years.

Prototype surface drone ULAQ Photo from the presentation

The sea drone is made of composite materials, the control is carried out from a special command center, which can be located both on land and on sea carriers (corvettes, frigates or large ships).

The weight of the marine unmanned platform is 2000 kg, the maximum speed is up to 35 knots, and the range is up to 215 nautical miles.

The ULAQ surface drone successfully hit the target on land. ULAQ drone / February 12, 2021 / Photo: Meteksan Defense

ULAQ is equipped with an optoelectronic station and a radar station to detect and track targets.

It can be operated from different types of platforms – both mobile on land and from ships and vessels. The weapons on the demonstration video suggest the installation of various types of guided missiles.

On February 12, 2021, the ULAQ series unmanned aerial vehicle was launched to begin running tests.

After the completion of the BPA’s running tests, the second stage was to be test firing from the weapons installed on it.

Illustration of a robotic boat ULAQ

These are four Cirit guided missiles and two UMTAS guided anti-tank missiles (up to 8 km), developed by the Turkish company Roketsan.

Depending on the tasks, these drones can be equipped with different types of payload.

Also, the developers will not stop on one type of such drones, in the near future there may be unmanned minesweepers, submarines, transporters, etc.