TUSAŞ Pelikan
Turkish Aerospace / TUSAŞ · Historical UAV technology demonstrator
Industry overview
Historical indigenous UAV programme whose first flight Turkish Aerospace dates to 2003 in its corporate timeline. A separate manufacturer release identifies Pelikan as a company-produced platform intended for defence radar development and test work. No unsupported current specification or inventory status is assigned.[50]
Published specifications
Published manufacturer figures describe the stated configuration. They are not independently verified performance results; variants and operating conditions can differ.
Development & production
A 2014 paper by a TUSAŞ flight-mechanics engineer describes Pelikan as a fixed-wing test platform; the listed dimensions and mass refer to that study aircraft.[49]
The later MİLDAR cooperation release describes planned radar-development use. A planned test role is not converted into a completed delivery or a new first-flight date.[51]
Export relationships
No platform-specific export record is established by the selected sources in this edition. Industry agreements are listed in the observatory’s export register.