China’s buying of German firm, leaves the first Turkishmade drone, the Anka, without an engine.

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China’s buying of German firm, leaves the first Turkishmade drone, the Anka, without an engine.(HD).

It looked entirely like any other business takeover between the Chinese and Germans with no relevance to Turkey. But the news that a Chinese group had acquired the troubled German maker of aircraft engines means Turkey must now find a new engine supplier for its first indigenous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Anka.

Turkish officials and the Anka team are now worried that Chinese group Avic International’s acquisition of Thielert, a bankrupt German maker of diesel engines for aircraft may further delay the Anka which would otherwise have been powered by Thielert’s Centurion engine.

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) which develops the Anka had ordered the Centurion for a batch of 10 aircraft. Now TAI must look elsewhere to find a new engine to power the Anka.

The ANKA is a medium-altitude long-endurance MALE-category drone. Such UAVs usually operate for 24 hours at an altitude of 10,000 feet.

ANKA, meaning Phoenix in English, is the first MALE-type UAV to be produced by TAI. One of the prototypes crashed during a test flight in September but several other flight tests have been carried out successfully.

ANKA+, another version of the ANKA, calls for an armed vehicle, using a rocket attached to its body and sensors.

An engine maybe developed to replace

“An immediate replacement could be a difficult task,” a TAI official said. “We may, though, ask TEI (TAI’s sister company that manufactures engine parts) to develop an engine for the Anka.” Both TAI and TEI (Turkish Engine Industries) are owned by a military support fund.

The engine problem occurred at a time when defense procurement authorities are preparing to sign a contract for the acquisition of 10 ANKAs. Separately, the Turkish police force is also preparing to place an order for the Anka.

Before the engine snag, another problem had delayed the Anka program. A locally-developed electro optical sensor, by military electronics firm Aselsan, did not fit Anka’s specifications and TAI was mulling to opt for a foreign pod.

Avic said in August that it was merging Thielert into its Continental Motors division and was giving up military business. Deliveries had stopped, the state-run Chinese company announced.

Thielert was supplying engines for aircraft including a U.S. Army version of the General Atomics Predator. General Atomics has acquired the engine data package and intends to continue production and support.


A defense industry expert said that finding a new engine supplier may not resolve the entire problem. “Any new engine will have to be fitted into the Anka which was designed for the Thielert engine. This will require new (engine) integration work. New tests should also be done,” he said. Hmmmm.....Chinese 'Vorsprung durch technik',  Must be a 'Zionist plot'.Hahahahaha

UN expert to probe reported Israeli, US and British drone attacks.

UN expert to probe reported Israeli, US and British drone attacks.(TOI).United Nations expert is launching an independent investigation into drone attacks in Africa and the Middle East, including tackling Israel’s reported use of unmanned aerial vehicles.
The United Nations special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights, British lawyer Ben Emmerson, said Thursday that he would probe the use of lethal force by drones in places where the the US, British and Israeli militaries are active.
According to foreign media reports, Israel has used drones in the past to carry out strikes against terrorists in the Gaza Strip. Israel does not admit to using drones in military strikes and is not expected to cooperate with the probe, according to Haaretz.
Emmerson said the investigation followed complaints by a number of UN members regarded civilian casualties from drone deaths, and would look at creating an international standard for their use.
“The plain fact is that this technology is here to stay, and its use in theaters of conflict is a reality with which the world must contend,” he said. “It is therefore imperative that appropriate legal and operational structures are urgently put in place to regulate its use in a manner that complies with the requirements of international law.”
The main focus of the investigation will be 25 reported drone strikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen and the Palestinian territories, he said. Emmerson listed the US, UK, Pakistan and Yemen as countries he expected to cooperate with the probe, but did not mention Israel or the Palestinian Authority.
The probe does not have official backing from UN chief Ban Ki-moon or UN human rights czar Navi Pillay, according to Foreign Policy blog Turtle Bay, but Emmerson launched it after receiving complaints from member states China, Russia and Pakistan.
He is expected to present his findings to the UN General Assembly in the fall.Read the full story here.

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