Bayraktar Akıncı UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle), developed by Baykar Technology, brakes another altitude record in Turkish aviation by reaching 45,118 feet (13,716 meters).
Bayraktar AKINCI B variant of the UCAV took off at 19:31 on 21 June 2022 to carry out endurance, high altitude and high speed tests in the presence of officials from the Turkish Defence Industry Agency and Air Force Command. During its 20 hours and 23 minutes of flight the UCAV flew to an altitude of 45,118 feet (13,716 meters) braking Turkish aviation altitude record and returned to Bayraktar Flight, Training and Test Center at Çorlu Airport Command.