Baykar has advanced its missile testing campaign with a live-fire trial of the KEMANKEŞ 1, an AI-powered mini cruise missile launched from the Bayraktar AKINCI unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV).

The new Chinese model has a catamaran hull, high T-tail, and four jet engines above its wings with downward-angled nozzles, typical of ground-effect craft. A large, jet-powered ekranoplan has recently ...