Bruce McPherson

Asisguard, a Turkish electronics manufacturer, is installing machine guns on the eight-rotor drone Songar, and when the drone is delivered to the military, Turkey will be the first country in the world to have such a drone. The 25-kilogram drone carried 200 rounds of bullets and could fire a single shot or fire 15 rounds at a time.

Many countries and military organizations are already using drones capable of carrying bombs, but Songar will be the first drone with firearms installed.

Drones are difficult to shoot accurately. Songar used two systems to overcome the challenges. One used sensors to measure distance, angle, and wind speed. The other used a set of robotic arms to move the machine gun to compensate for recoil caused by firing. .

Asisguard claims that Songar can hit a 15 cm area from 200 meters, enough to hit a human-sized target.