BAHA, acronym for tr, Bulut Altı İnsansız Hava Aracı), is a prototype of a Turkish sub-cloud autonomous vertical take-off and landing

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devrloped by HAVELSAN for the needs of the border security forces. The development of BAHA lasted one year at the Turkish defence industry company HAVELSAN. It was introduced at the "International Anatolian Eagle 2021 Exercie" held at the 3rd Main Jet Base Command in

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in June-July. By early October 2021, it was reported that the UAV successfully completed the flight test in an altitude of at a distance of far from the Ground Support Center. It can perform activities like

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(IMINT),

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, transferring and resisting

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. It has a

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(MTOW) of and its payload capacity is . The electrical powered version has an endurance of 2 hours, and the fuel powered version has 2.5 hours. The BAHA is operated from a land vehicle. A further development for the central control of a swarm of 20-30 UAVs, each operated from one land vehicle, is in progress. It is expected that the development will be accomplished mid 2022.

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