Akinic Drone of Turkey gets its first export order

[dBSPL]

Hmm ... and now this sate is denied: (via sequ/SDF)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1486668822555803650

The news is absolutely true, no doubt about it. There is an official statement.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1485175956033748992

When this news first came out, reasonable suspicions were that it was Ukraine; because even Baykar alone has 2 JVs formed with its Ukrainian partners, and there is an ever-deepening cooperation. I don't want to go into too much detail, but for example, the first foreign assembly line of Baykar tactical products is in Ukraine. In a broader perspective, there are at least 10 strategic cooperation agreements signed between Ukraine and Turkey in the field of aviation&defense.

These agreements are factors that provide both the mutual technology transfer, the technical legal infrastructure preparations for the joint project initiative and the current momentum of the increasingly deepening relationship for the opening of mutual import channels. This legal ground provided the emergence of bilateral relations and initiatives between companies/institutions such Aselsan-Antonov, TAI-MotorSich-Antonov, Baykar-Ivchenko, Spetechno-Aselsan-Roketsan, Ukroboronprom-Roketsan etc. For such reasons, the idea that the unnamed country was Ukraine came to the fore.

Due to the AKINCI system, system design and mission profiles, the ammunition family developed for this system, and the concept and doctrinal design of the system as a whole; If Turkey is exporting this system, it can be expected to have a close strategic relationship with this operator country, or to be a developed country with already highly advanced air force capabilities.

I don't want to speculate here, but when we look at the origin of think-tanks or academical works that are most interested in Turkey's new generation strategic class UAVs, we can get an idea about alternative possibilities.

 

[GumNaam]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1485179992980049922

bet you its Azarbaijan.

 

[S.Y.A]

wish we could have something of the sort deployed in Balochistan.

 

[Deino]

The news is absolutely true, no doubt about it. There is an official statement.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1485175956033748992

When this news first came out, reasonable suspicions were that it was Ukraine; because even Baykar alone has 2 JVs formed with its Ukrainian partners, and there is an ever-deepening cooperation. I don't want to go into too much detail, but for example, the first foreign assembly line of Baykar tactical products is in Ukraine. In a broader perspective, there are at least 10 strategic cooperation agreements signed between Ukraine and Turkey in the field of aviation&defense.

These agreements are factors that provide both the mutual technology transfer, the technical legal infrastructure preparations for the joint project initiative and the current momentum of the increasingly deepening relationship for the opening of mutual import channels. This legal ground provided the emergence of bilateral relations and initiatives between companies/institutions such Aselsan-Antonov, TAI-MotorSich-Antonov, Baykar-Ivchenko, Spetechno-Aselsan-Roketsan, Ukroboronprom-Roketsan etc. For such reasons, the idea that the unnamed country was Ukraine came to the fore.

Due to the AKINCI system, system design and mission profiles, the ammunition family developed for this system, and the concept and doctrinal design of the system as a whole; If Turkey is exporting this system, it can be expected to have a close strategic relationship with this operator country, or to be a developed country with already highly advanced air force capabilities.

I don't want to speculate here, but when we look at the origin of think-tanks or academical works that are most interested in Turkey's new generation strategic class UAVs, we can get an idea about alternative possibilities.

Thanks for the correction & explanation

 

[SuvarnaTeja]

List of possible customers:

Ukraine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Azerbaijan
Pakistan

Out of all of them, Ukraine and Qatar seem the most likely.

You should also include India.

 

[serenity]

Gotta say this Akinci drone looks very cool. Best looking MALE drone of this "type".

 

[khansaheeb]

whose the costumer?

Palestine

 

[Samurai_assassin]

If Pakistan purchases them they will most likely be stored away in museums. Will never be used in operations.

 

[aziqbal]

thats a giant drone