It is intended to be used for long-term surveillance, signals intelligence, maritime patrol missions, or as an unmanned combat aerial vehicle.

[2] Aksungur, Turkish for gyrfalcon,[6] is classified as a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

[5][6] The airframe, wing and landing gear are new designs, while control systems are from the existing TAI Anka family of drones.

Its maiden flight, displaying automatic takeoff and landing capabilities, took place on 20 March 2019, and lasted four hours and twenty minutes.

[7] TAI expects to integrate weapon systems typical of F-4 and F-16 fighter aircraft[9] onto Aksungur in the last quarter of 2019.

[7] In October 2022, Turkey deployed Aksungur drones in the Aegean Sea to place Sonobuoy in order to find Greek submarines.

[18][19] Turkey Kyrgyzstan Chad Chadian Air Force released footage of its Aksungur fleet in April 2024.

[23] Algeria Angola Uzbekistan Data from Tusaş, Jane's Information Group and Military Factory[26][27][28]General characteristics Performance Armament Other UCAVs of Turkey