STM Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade Inc.’s new generation VTOL unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) TURUL, which has vertical landing and take-off capability, continues its test flights. According to the statement made by the company, TURUL, developed with national resources, successfully demonstrated its moving and fixed target tracking, night operation capability and QR code-based precision landing capability. STM VTOL UAV TURUL, which was introduced for the first time at the IDEF-2025 Fair and has the ability to take off and land with vertical landing, completed the tracking of fixed and moving targets and landed after autonomous take-off and navigation within the scope of field tests.
While the qualification tests of the system, which is optimized for intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance (ISR) missions, continue, preparations for mass production are carried out simultaneously within STM. TURUL, which takes its name from the bird of prey that represents power, nobility and absolute domination in the sky in Turkish mythology, can return autonomously to the determined point with millimetric precision with the QR code marker-based landing and mmWave radar support applied in the test activities.
The system offers an end-to-end solution for tactical reconnaissance, area surveillance and target detection missions with an airtime of more than 2 hours and a flight range of 200 kilometers. The Fixed Wing VTOL UAV System, which has a structure that eliminates the need for a runway and autonomous mission capability, can take part in military and civil operations and can autonomously perform reconnaissance, surveillance, ammunition drop and surface mine scanning missions.
TURUL, which can operate day and night thanks to its integrated EO/IR imaging systems, becomes ready for use in a short time with a single personnel. The system, which has a flight range of 200 kilometers and a communication range of 60 kilometers, can operate for 2 hours at an operational flight altitude of 2 thousand meters. TURUL, which has a take-off weight of 35 kilograms and a wingspan of 3.6 meters, can operate at temperatures between minus 20 and plus 50 degrees.
“We have put forward a solution that eliminates the need for runway infrastructure.” STM General Manager Özgür Güleryüz, whose views were included in the statement, stated that in defense ecosystems, it is critical not only for platforms to fly, but also for how quickly and safely they process data in the field. Stating that they have come up with a solution that eliminates the need for runway infrastructure by combining the operational range advantage of fixed-wing UAVs with the flexibility of vertical landing and take-off, Güleryüz said: “TURUL, which can take off and land from sea platforms or any land point, provides uninterrupted intelligence without losing sight even in difficult weather conditions and in missions requiring high altitude, especially thanks to its under-cloud operation capability.
With this system, which has high electronic warfare resistance and is equipped with national software, complete independence in every field from border security to strategic facility protection.” “We are adding another brick to our vision.” Source: AA
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