Turkish UAE KIZILELMA during manned unmanned teaming test (Baykar)
BEIRUT — Italian defense firm Leonardo and Turkish Baykar have completed the first test flights for swarming capabilities of two M346 light attack manned aircraft with one Kizilema unmanned combat aircraft.
“Leonardo M-346 airplanes and Bayraktar KIZILELMA unmanned fighter aircraft have successfully performed a series of joint autonomous formation flights as part of the K-SWARM programme,” the two firms announced in a statement on Monday.
The recent flight is the first phase of live testing activities of swarming capabilities between the platforms and included a number of missions to assess the swarming algorithms between the aircraft, according to the statement.
“The programme is aimed at designing and developing interoperability between crewed and uncrewed aircraft,” per the companies’ statement. The testing was carried out in May at one of Baykar’s flight facilities in Corlu, Turkey, according to the statement.
