Turkish drone magnate Baykar has delivered the first batch of Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) to Poland after signing an agreement back in 2021, a Baykar official said Friday.

"Soon our Bayraktar TB2 and Akıncıs will have air-to-air missiles; not only to engage drones but other enemy aircraft ... we are doing our tests," Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar said in his comments during a defence fair in Istanbul.

Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Pakistani trainees trained as operators Bayraktar Akinci from Baykar have successfully completed their training and graduated.

The head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Andriy Yermak, has visited the facilities of Baykar Technologies, a Turkish manufacturer of drones, to present Selçuk Bayraktar, the company’s chief technology officer, with the Order of Merit.

Two Turkish-made unmanned aerial vehicles have performed a formation flight for the first time at Teknofest, Türkiye’s largest aerospace and technology festival, with Selçuk Bayraktar, the producing company’s chief technology officer, serving as the second pilot.

Türkiye’s unmanned fighter aircraft, Bayraktar Kızılelma, has been showcased at Teknofest, Türkiye’s largest aerospace and technology festival, attracting great attention despite ongoing design and development efforts.

Few countries work on this kind of fighter drones, Selcuk Bayraktar says

The Bayraktar TB2, Türkiye's first national and domestically developed unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), set a new record in the history of Turkish aviation by successfully completing 500,000 flight hours.

Volunteers show solidarity with people of Ukraine, with campaigns launched in countries such as Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Canada
 

The Speakers of Parliaments of Türkiye, Azerbaijan and Pakistan, met in Istanbul for the “Second Trilateral Meeting of the Speakers of the Parliaments”, visited Özdemir Bayraktar National Technology Center.