# KAPGAN Combat UAV

> National champion and winner of the "Most Original Software" award at Teknofest 2021 Combat UAV Competition — I was the sole developer of all three software units.

URL: https://furkanisikay.com/projects/kapgan/

- Role: Sole software lead (3 units)
- Period: 2020 – 2021
- Status: Teknofest 2021 · Turkey Champion
- Awards: Turkey Champion, Most Original Software Award
- Tech stack: Python, OpenCV, Faster R-CNN, C#, .NET WinForm, MAVLink, Multi-threading

## Highlights

- **0,1 sn** target lock
- **10 sn** continuous tracking
- **30–35 km/s** stable in wind
- **40+ km** autonomous control range

## Overview

KAPGAN is the autonomous combat UAV we built with Team ÖZTÜRK for the Teknofest 2021 Combat UAV Competition. I single-handedly coded all three software units — the AI unit (the "eyes"), the main management unit (the "brain") and the ground control station (the "operator").

## The Problem

The combat mission requires recognising a rival UAV from the camera, locking onto it and tracking it for a set time — fully autonomously, within seconds, and stably on a windy field. That demanded a robust perception-to-action autonomy chain.

## AI Unit

I trained a Faster R-CNN model with Python and OpenCV to recognise drone bodies and detect target UAVs from the camera feed in real time, streaming detections to the main management unit.

## Management Unit & Ground Control Station

I wrote the main management unit in Python with multi-threading: it evaluated detections and sent autonomous engagement commands to the flight controller over MAVLink. The ground control station was built in C# / .NET WinForm with a layered architecture and a MaterialSkin UI, including telemetry sharing with the competition server and a module that emulates that server for testing.

## Outputs & Results

We won the national championship and the "Most Original Software" award. The system recognises and locks onto a target in 0.1 s and tracks it for 10 s, flies stably in 30-35 km/h winds, stays airborne for 25-35 minutes, has a 40+ km autonomous-control range and streams live video from 5 km.

## Links

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJu_hgkk564

## To build something like this

- Free discovery call: https://www.softivation.com/book-online
- E-mail: contact@furkanisikay.com
- Phone / WhatsApp: +90 850 242 21 60