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Domestic Drone Unveiled

July 19 2010

Turkey

Turkey just made public its first domestically produced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Anatolia News Agency reports.

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) said it will sell the TIHA medium-altitude long-endurance drone to the Turkish military in 2011.

The surveillance UAV, with a service ceiling of 30,000 feet, can fly for 24 hours, company officials said.

TAI officials also indicated they hope to sell the aircraft on the global market.

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