TEI-PD200
Turbo-diesel piston
The TEI-PD200 is a turbo-diesel aviation engine derived from the TEI-PD170 and adapted to maritime requirements for shipborne MALE-class UAV operations. TEI states that more than 100 parts and the gearbox were modified compared with the PD170, that the engine completed salt-environment testing, and that flights with Bayraktar TB3 are continuing.
Key Features
- •Maritime design adapted for shipborne operations
- •Two-stage series turbocharging
- •Redundant FADEC
- •Configuration tested for salt-environment operation
- •3,600-hour engine life
- •Local content above 90%
- •More than 100 component and gearbox changes compared with the PD170
Example Platforms
- •Bayraktar TB3 — Platform with ongoing flights confirmed by TEI
Source Notes
- •19 November 2024 is not the engine's or TB3's maiden-flight date; it is the date of TB3's first takeoff from and landing on a short-deck ship.
- •The official sources do not disclose the PD200's first engine-test or first-flight date.