THE COMPARISON OF ANKA (TURKEY) AND HERON (ISRAEL)
Wingspan: Anka:
17 meters [Heron:
16.60 meters]
Take-off weight: Anka:
1600 kgs [Heron:
1150 kgs]
Radar visibility: Anka: The body and wings are formed by nearly 7 000 parts. Made almost from carbon composite material; hence radar visibility is
very low.
Engine: Anka:
155 HP diesel fuel motor (German Thielert Centurion Engine) Ankas Engine can also combast normal Jet Fuel, which works more effective than high Octane Fuel in High Altitudes. Domestic engine for Anka will be produced in 2011. Engine is the only foreign-part in Anka. [Heron:
115 HP High Octane Fuel (Rotax 914 engine, 86 kW)]
Endurance: Anka:
24 hours [Heron:
40 hours; endurance gets
lower than 40 hours when qualified cameras and
systems are mounted .]
Cruising speed: Anka can take
200 kms in 1 hour.
Usefull cargo capacity: Anka:
200 kgs [Heron:
185 kgs]
Transportability: Anka:
Easy; C-130 transportation planes can take Anka wherever wished.
Project Stages: Anka: 1st: Anka 23 000 feet~18 hours 2nd: 30 000 feet~24 hours
Length: Anka:
9 meters [Heron:
8.5 meters]
Height: Anka:
1.70 meters
Intelligence: Anka:
Night-vision camera: Night operations. Radar system for operations even over clouds (
behind clouds, can view ground targets as well)+ : Hence, day-and-night discovery, monitoring and target detection
Take-off and landing: Anka:
Full automatic Heron:
Autonomous
Electronic Warfare: Anka:
200 kms protection range from all electronic warfare via 200-kms range data link. [Heron: 350 kms. Heron is
unprotected against electronic warfare].
Class: Anka: Operative U
CAV. Anka has the
ability to weapon loading. Anka-B has Cirit missiles (already proven to be superior to USs Hellfire and Israels Spike). [Heron:
No weapons. Hence, one must send F-16s as a friend to Heron]
Mission computer: Anka:
Aselsan (Turkey)
Operators: Anka: Turkish Armed Forces ordered 10 Ankas (will be delivered in the end of 2012). Besides
Turkey, 5 countries ordered as well. [Heron:
Israel, Turkey, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Equador, France, Germany, India, USA]
Fuel: Anka uses jet fuel that is in a different style from Heron.
Anti-icing: The anti-icing system of Anka is working throughout its
24-hour flight. [Heron: The anti-icing system is limited to
3 hours.]
Unit Cost: Ankas unit cost is cheaper than Heron. The average cost of a system of 4-plain and 2-station for The UAVs with the same class as Anka is $50-
60 Millions.
The Budget spent for Design and R-D: Anka: $
107 Millions [Heron: $?]
Maiden Flight: Anka: Several test flights were done. The maiden flight is on
September 2010 [Heron:
September 2005].
First production process: Anka: 1 system and 3 planes will be completed.
Serial Production Process: 2012 (Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has already ordered 10 systems. TSK may order more. 30 planes will be produced in total in serial production process. The number may increase in correspondence to foreign demand).
UAV-producing countries:
43 countries.
Operative HALE-UAV producing countries: USA (2001),
Israel (2005),
Turkey (2010).