| TAI Pelikan | |
|---|---|
| Role | Unmanned drone reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition |
| Manufacturer | Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) |
| First flight | 15 December 2003 |
| Status | Only prototypes are produced, program ended. |
TAI Pelikan, aka IHA-X2, is a radio-controlled reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition drone. Designed, developed and built by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a half scale model of the tactical drone TAI Baykuş air platform. It was produced as a training and bridge platform to the TAI Baykuş.[1]
Pelikan is the Turkish word for species pelican. TAI has some other UAV's named after birds.