Aircraft

Kalkan

Turkish vertical take-off and landing drone that flew its first ocean-condition trials from a frigate in the Indian Ocean.

Description source: defencemena.com

Photograph from the aa.com.tr report
From coverage: Kalkan tests shipborne flight in the Indian Ocean. Image: via aa.com.tr

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Flight-tested fromTCG GeliboluSource

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Collected 28 October 2026

Kalkan tests shipborne flight in the Indian Ocean

Turkey’s Defence Ministry says the Kalkan vertical-takeoff drone completed its first ocean-condition flight trials from the frigate TCG Gelibolu in the Indian Ocean.

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