Türkiye Conducts Test of a New Modular Drone Warfare System

On March 10, 2026, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) released a video on its official X (formerly Twitter) account, showcasing the flight of the TAI Aksungur unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV). The footage clearly shows that two SÜPER ŞİMŞEK UAV jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicles were mounted under its wings.

This experimental flight demonstrates that Turkey is rapidly advancing toward a Modular Drone Warfare concept. Under this approach, large, long-endurance platforms act as “mother systems” capable of deploying smaller, expendable drones for a variety of missions.

These missions include precision strikes, decoy operations, and electronic warfare. The video further indicates that the high-endurance UCAV, built on the Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) concept, is integrated with multi-role jet-powered drones.

These smaller drones are specifically designed for radar deception, electronic warfare, and precision targeting. This development comes as Turkey accelerates the expansion of network-centric drone systems, where smaller and relatively low-cost drones operate in coordination with larger and more advanced platforms Read More (PDF)