MERSIN, Turkey — Turkish drone producer Baykar has brought to Poland the overall accumulation of Bayraktar TB2 fight methods ordered for $270 million, the corporate introduced.
Poland signed a do business in in Might 2021 for the drones and related apparatus. The word stipulated the supply of 4 methods, every of which come with six plane and 3 farmland regulate stations.
Baykar first delivered six TB2s in October 2022 at a rite held at Poland’s twelfth Unmanned Aerial Cars Bottom.
On Might 16, it finished the cargo of a cumulative 24 TB2s all through an match held in Poland. Attendees integrated Poland’s deputy protection minister, the top of Turkey’s Presidency of Defence Industries company, and the overall supervisor of Baykar.
Haluk Bayraktar, who leads the corporate, wrote Thursday at the social media website X that the company “delivered the last system of our Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs to Poland. Thus, for the first time in Turkey’s history, we have successfully completed the export of high-tech UCAVs to [both] a NATO and EU member country.”
Protection Information has contacted Poland’s Defence Ministry for touch upon how the drones shall be worn, and whether or not Ukraine will obtain any.
Ukraine is lately preventing off a Russian invasion, which has closely concerned drone struggle. The TB2 made headlines when Ukrainian forces worn them in opposition to Russia early on within the struggle.
The medium-altitude, long-endurance drone can backup with reconnaissance, goal id for artillery and precision moves. It options a sophisticated avionic suite with a machine that permits for self reliant taxiing, takeoff, touchdown and cruising.
