TAI Keklik
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| TAI Keklik | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Unmanned drone tracking target drone |
| Manufacturer | Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) |
| Status | In use |
| Primary user | Turkish Armed Forces |
| History | |
| Introduction date | November 2001 |
| First flight | 1997 |
TAI Keklik is a radio-controlled tracking target drone introduced in 2001. Designed, developed and built by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is in use by the Turkish Armed Forces for target tracking in non-firing gunnery exercises.
Keklik is the Turkish word for "partridge". TAI produces other UAVs named after birds.
The Research and Development Department of the Turkish Ministry of National Defence awarded a contract to TAI in August 1995 for the development of a low-cost training target drone for use by the Turkish Army and Navy in target tracking and non-firing gunnery exercises with anti-aircraft guns; and with radar-guided and heat-seeking anti-aircraft missiles. It was also intended for training the operators of the much larger TAI Turna target drone.[1][2]
