TAI Turna

TAI Turna
TAI Turna/G on display in 2007
Role Unmanned drone target drone
Manufacturer Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI)
First flight September 1996
Introduction 2001
Status Not In Production
Primary user Turkish Armed Forces

TAI Turna is a turboprop-powered radio-controlled target drone introduced in 2001. Designed, developed and built by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and powered by an engine manufactured by Tusaş Engine Industries (TEI), the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is in use by the Turkish Armed Forces in target tracking and gunnery firing exercises.

Turna is the Turkish word for species crane. TAI has some other UAV's named after birds.


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