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Turkish drone downed over northern Iraq: military official by AFP Staff Writers Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Aug 29, 2024 A Turkish military drone was shot down Thursday over northern Iraq where Ankara has kept up its operations against Kurdish militants, a top Iraqi military official said. Falling debris damaged …

The Turkish defense technological and industrial base has reached a critical mass across certain segments. The successful trajectory of the unfolding projects manifests a new reality in the realm of air power. While the Bayraktar TB-2, aka the “flying Kalashnikov” by Baykar, has made most of the headlines, the Turkish …

Within the scope of a contract signed between Turkish drone producer Baykar and the Polish Defense Ministry in 2021, another 24 Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) were delivered to Warsaw this month, Türkiye’s Secretariat of Defense Industries (SSB) said on Friday. The first batch deliveries were made in …

The Indonesian Air Force (IdAF) has announced its plans to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to conduct beyond-visual-range (BVR) aerial combat. Will this be the future of drone warfare?   ‘No Sale’ F-35 Policy Helps Rafale Fighters Sweep Middle East! Now Oman Shows Interest In French Jets The IdAF’s chief, Air …

The testing process of Bayraktar TB3, Türkiye’s new unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) capable of being deployed on aircraft carriers, continues at full speed, with manufacturer Baykar recently announcing the drone has completed its fifth flight and flew with the landing gear retracted for the first time. During its fifth …

Advertisement On October 12, the head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security, Kamchybek Tashiev, posted a series of photographs on Facebook in which he posed, with an upraised fist, beside a Bayraktar Akıncı drone. In the brief caption, Tashiev wrote “‘Akıncı’ is ours!” and the date, with his thanks.  …

It’s not often that a weapons system inspires a hit viral folk song, especially one with lyrics that talk of destroying ‘inventory’ and ‘Russian tankmen hiding in the bushes’, but then it is hard to underestimate the appeal of the Bayraktar TB-2. For ever since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, …

BY CARLOS ANTARAMIÁN Bayraktar, a Turkish word meaning “standard bearer,” is an unmanned aerial combat vehicle (UAV), a drone capable of carrying up to 150 kilograms of munitions or missiles and flying at an altitude of 23,000 feet at a velocity of 220 km/h continuously for 24 hours. The development …

Battle-tested Turkish combat drones seem to have gotten yet another customer as Slovakia has expressed interest and signaled it could become the second European Union member state to acquire Bayraktar TB2s. The intention was reaffirmed by Slovakia’s Defense Minister Jaro Nad who on Wednesday said talks on acquiring unmanned combat …

Sevil Erkuş – ANTALYA Turkey has been delivering Turkish Bayraktar drones to Ukraine as scheduled according to the requirements of the deal and new delivery has nothing to do with the objection of Russia, the country’s top defense official said on Dec. 4. class=”cf”> “We sold a lot of [armed …