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Depois das mais recentes aquisições do Anka pelo Chad entre outros países, agora é a vez da Indonésia e até aparentemente El Salvador adquirir o UAV:

Indonesia buys 12 Anka drones from Turkey’s TAI business
(7 de Agosto de 2023)

Indonesia has bought 12 surveillance and reconnaissance drones worth $300 million from Turkish Aerospace Industries to be used by its military to strengthen the nation’s defenses, the Defense Ministry said Aug. 2.

The purchase aims to increase the variety, quantity and quality of Indonesia’s military equipment with the contract signed Feb. 3 with TAI,. The 12 units of Anka drones are expected to be delivered before November 2025.

Indonesia will also get training, logistics support and related equipment as well as a warranty period of two years or 600 flying hours.

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Fonte: https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2023/08/07/indonesia-buys-12-anka-drones-from-turkeys-tai-business/

La Fuerza Armada de El Salvador se moderniza con sofisticados sistemas turcos
(7 de Agosto de 2023)

Con el arribo de un dron de capacidades estratégicas y la entrega de once  blindados BMC Vuran a la Fuerza Armada de El Salvador (FAES) comienza a concretarse la Fase III del programa de seguridad Control Territorial (CTE) en el marco del contrato de sistemas de armas entre el gobierno de Nayib Bukele y el turco de Recep Tayyip Erdoğan suscrito a principios de 2022. 

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Además, el programa incluía otros fondos para 113 drones con tecnología de recolección de datos biométricos, 25 de ellos para el Ejército y el resto para la Policía.  De estos, se destinarían, $1,6 millones para un dispositivo de vigilancia, búsqueda y rescate con funciones navales y terrestres y $1 millón para un vehículo aéreo no tripulado (VANT), junto con un Centro de Monitoreo para el Ejército, además de 13 para la Policía.

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Los acuerdos suscritos con Turquía tenían lugar después que el Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica (BCIE) fallara en desembolsar un préstamo de $109 millones para financiar dicha fase III, por lo que se recurría a fondos propios y cualquier financiamiento y/o ayuda ofrecida por Turquía.

Con ello, se ha mencionado extraoficialmente el arribo de un UAV, aparentemente un Anka-S, quedando en espera un dispositivo de vigilancia, búsqueda y rescate con funciones navales y terrestres.  Podría ser un diseño turco a usarse en un patrullero de alcance oceánico como es el Alpin, basado en el helicóptero ultraligero italiano Heli-Sport CH-7.

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Fonte: https://www.defensa.com/centro-america/fuerza-armada-salvador-moderniza-sofisticados-sistemas-turcos

Cumprimentos,

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Entretanto na Tailândia, algo que pensei que nunca mais ia ver: uma UAV baseado no Diamond DA42.

Dominator XP commissioning
(4 de Agosto de 2023)

On 1 September 2023, the Kong Thap Akat Thai (RTAF, Royal Thai Air Force) held a commissioning ceremony at Takhli air base for the Dominator XP. The ceremony showed one aircraft, tailnumber 506, as the centrepiece of the celebration.

The Dominator XP aircraft is a Diamond DA42 Twin Star, heavily modified by the Israeli Auronautics Defence Systems into a Medium Altitude, Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The mission system is characterised by a multi-purpose payload such as Engagement Operations (EO), Search and Rescue (SAR), Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) and Communications Intelligence (COMINT).

In 2018, Thailand ordered three DA42 Dominators with Aeronautics Ltd. (Israel). The contract was valued at USD 27 million. The Dominators will be operated by the newly erected 302sq, subordinate to the 3rd Wing.

The new aircraft received the local designation BR.T.3. This comes after two other dedicated survey aircraft, being B.T.1 for the Percival P.54 Survey Prince 3A and B.T.2 for the O-1 Bird Dog.

Fonte: https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/dominator-xp-commissioning

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Drone com inteligência artificial para combater incêndios

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Entretanto na Tailândia, algo que pensei que nunca mais ia ver: uma UAV baseado no Diamond DA42.

Dominator XP commissioning
(4 de Agosto de 2023)

On 1 September 2023, the Kong Thap Akat Thai (RTAF, Royal Thai Air Force) held a commissioning ceremony at Takhli air base for the Dominator XP. The ceremony showed one aircraft, tailnumber 506, as the centrepiece of the celebration.

The Dominator XP aircraft is a Diamond DA42 Twin Star, heavily modified by the Israeli Auronautics Defence Systems into a Medium Altitude, Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The mission system is characterised by a multi-purpose payload such as Engagement Operations (EO), Search and Rescue (SAR), Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) and Communications Intelligence (COMINT).

In 2018, Thailand ordered three DA42 Dominators with Aeronautics Ltd. (Israel). The contract was valued at USD 27 million. The Dominators will be operated by the newly erected 302sq, subordinate to the 3rd Wing.

The new aircraft received the local designation BR.T.3. This comes after two other dedicated survey aircraft, being B.T.1 for the Percival P.54 Survey Prince 3A and B.T.2 for the O-1 Bird Dog.

Fonte: https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/dominator-xp-commissioning

Cumprimentos,

Isto é algo que deverá ser cada vez mais comum no futuro. Já tínhamos visto o MQ-8C baseado no Bell 407, e não me chocava se tal acontecesse com Cessnas e outras aeronaves civis, baratas e produzidas em massa. Quanto mais houver no mercado, mais facilitada será a logística.

Um dia que substituam os TB-30, a FAP que os guarde bem, não vá surgir a ideia de os converter em drones. 

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