Turkish company Turaç has presented Drone Kalkanı, a counter-drone system, to decision-makers for the first time at the BAMEX 2026 fair in Bamako, Mali, SSBülten reports. Turaç attended the fair with counter-drone products together with Mali's defence ministry and The Peak Defense.
The concept brings together the work of five organisations and puts two semi-automatic rifles firing 12-gauge counter-drone ammunition in an autonomous robotic turret. It tracks targets at 600 to 800 metres with different types of sensors and destroys them at 150 metres with a cloud of metal created by firing both at once, according to the report.
Turaç general manager Fatih Altunbaş said the company's products have been used in Mali since 2013 and are in more than 20 African countries. Drone Kalkanı will be shown at the IDEX fair in Abu Dhabi in February.
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Counter-drone turret
Turkish counter-drone concept that puts two semi-automatic 12-gauge shotguns in an autonomous robotic turret.
