Fly beyond the limits.Break into the blue.
An autonomous aerospace engineering team at Yıldız Technical University collaborating across aerodynamics, embedded avionics, and intelligent control.
Discover FlankerThree disciplines. One team.
Founded by YTU Students • Est. 2025 • 7+ Yrs Experience (Since 2019)
DragonFly crew.
Yıldız Technical University • Aerospace Engineering
Engineering Lineage
Founded in 2025 by Yıldız Technical University (YTU) engineering students, Flanker UAV builds on 7+ years of collective design and flight experience dating back to 2019. We operate as one synchronized crew, taking every aircraft from aerodynamic concept to autonomous flight.
Cross-Discipline Engineering
Mechanical
Airframe design, aerodynamic CFD optimization, lightweight composite manufacturing, and precision CAD.
Avionics & Propulsion
Flight controller integration, long-range telemetry, power distribution boards (PDB), and dynamic thrust benchmarking.
Software & Control
Autonomous waypoint navigation, onboard edge AI/YOLO computer vision, ROS2 companion nodes, and GCS software.
Building Autonomous UAVs & The Engineers Behind Them
Design • Validate • Fly • Dominate
Engineering Autonomous Combat UAVs
Design, build, and fly competitive combat-ready autonomous UAVs with cutting-edge aerodynamics, edge AI vision, and rapid prototyping.
Pioneering Autonomous Aviation
Pioneer student-led aerospace innovation in Turkey, competing at TEKNOFEST Fighter UAV events and developing next-generation autonomous flight systems.
Autonomous Flight
Developing intelligent flight systems and autonomous mission execution.
Vision & Control
Real-time visual tracking, telemetry streaming, and flight control.
Airframe Design
Aerodynamic modeling, rapid prototyping, and structural validation.
Mission Readiness
Field validation, competition readiness, and engineering excellence.
The DragonFly.
DragonFly System
Thrust testing.
