Baykar Says AKINCI Scores Direct Hits With TOLUN-P Under Jamming

Selçuk Bayraktar, Baykar’s chairman, posted video of the trial on X and on the Turkish platform NSosyal, labeling it a “2 x TOLUN-P Munition Firing Test Under Jamming” and declaring a “Bull’s Eye.” The company’s official account shared the same footage shortly afterward, crediting a joint effort with ASELSAN.

The clip, lasting about 50 seconds, shows an AKINCI taxiing from a Baykar hangar, lifting off with stores under the airframe, and later releasing the weapons in what an on-screen graphic calls a “2 x TOLUN-P Salvo” firing. Operators in ASELSAN jackets watch an electro-optical feed as both munitions strike marked ground targets.

Test Staged Under Jamming

Baykar did not name the test site or say how many jammers were used. It said only that the firing took place under jamming and that both rounds hit their aim points.

The pairing itself is not new. AKINCI has released TOLUN-P in earlier trials, including a dual firing under jamming in July, according to Anadolu Agency and previous Baykar posts.

Munition Built for Hardened Targets

ASELSAN describes TOLUN-P as a GPS/INS-guided, 250-pound-class glide munition with a penetrating warhead. The company says the weapon can go through up to one meter (3.3 feet) of reinforced concrete and uses a programmable, time-delayed electronic fuze so it can detonate after entering a structure.

It is designed to strike bunkers, armored assets and reinforced concrete, according to ASELSAN. The munition can also be carried on the firm’s SADAK-4T multiple ejector rack, allowing an aircraft to take several rounds and engage more than one target in a single sortie.

In a post after Thursday’s trial, ASELSAN called TOLUN-P a “bunker-busting” munition and said its guidance systems “continue to enhance the capabilities of AKINCI.”

Akyol Highlights Industry Cooperation

ASELSAN Chief Executive Ahmet Akyol, sharing the footage, pointed to the munition’s bunker-penetrating role and to work with Baykar. “We will continue to add strength to our national UAVs, which are changing doctrines on the world’s battlefields,” he wrote. Anadolu Agency reported the same remarks.

Baykar lists AKINCI as a twin-engine unmanned combat aircraft with a 1,500-kilogram (3,307-pound) payload, a 20-meter (65.6-foot) wingspan and a service ceiling of 40,000 feet (12,192 meters). The company says the aircraft supports autonomous takeoff and landing and satellite communications beyond a ground station’s line of sight.

The heavier drone has also been used in combat, including by Sudan’s army in strikes documented by Clash Report. Baykar last week separately released footage of a Bayraktar TB2 test in which the smaller aircraft dropped FPV kamikaze munitions. The jet-powered KIZILELMA remains the firm’s other main unmanned combat platform.