Aselsan Albatros-K

Albatros-K is a Turkish catamaran-type high-speed unmanned surface vessel (USV) of the Turkish Navy developed by the Turkish defense company  Aselsan.

History
The catamaran-type USV Albatros-K (İnsansız Deniz Aracı, İDA) was developed by the Turkish state-owned defense company Aselsan for the needs of the Turkish Naval Forces. She entered service of Turkish Navvy in 2017 following naval tests and shooting traing.

Caharacteristics
Albatros-K is a catamaran-type unmanned high-speed craft of the Aselsan Albatros USV family, developed to be used as a moving seaborne target of artillery gunfire, close-in weapon and guided missile shooting by surface and air platforms at naval trainings at naval trainings. She is capable of performing specified scenarios in autonomous, semi-autonomous or remote command mode of navigation. Various target tasks can be carried out with different payloads. The real-time images of the target boat during the training are taken and transferred to the control station by Aselsan ARI-1T rotary-wing drone.

She is 10 - 16 m long, and has a beam of 4.50 m. She weighs 3000 - 5000 kg. She can cruise at a speed of 35 knot within a controllable range of 10 nmi in total operation time of 6 hours. The craft is powered by two Diesel inboard motors at tail.