Malaysia and Indonesia have expressed eager curiosity in shopping for
armed drones from Turkish protection agency Baykar, Overseas Minister
Mevlut Cavushoglu mentioned on Sept. 26, Pattern experiences citing Hurriyet Every day
Information.
Cavushoglu answered journalists’ questions at Japan Nationwide
Press Membership (JNPC) in Tokyo, the place he got here to attend the funeral of
former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, who was
assassinated.
Stating that they are going to maintain consultations with Japan on the
protection trade and safety, Cavushoglu mentioned, “If Japan needs to
purchase our protection trade merchandise, we are going to gladly meet Japan’s
wants on this space as properly.”
The UAVs and SİHAs Türkiye produces are among the many greatest and even
the primary merchandise produced on the earth, he mentioned. “I can say that
in Libya, particularly in Tripoli, it’s the Turkish armed drones
that forestall the invasion. We need to enhance our cooperation with
Japan within the subject of protection trade in addition to in each different
subject.”
“Different Asian international locations are additionally very for the time being,
particularly Malaysia and Indonesia, these international locations present nice
curiosity in our protection trade merchandise,” he said.
Emphasizing that Türkiye doesn’t compete with any nation in
the sector of drones and is working to develop its personal expertise,
Cavushoglu mentioned, “However there’s in all probability no different armed drones in
the world the place songs are composed like our armed drones are
named.”
“The preferred identify given to boys born in Ukraine, Bayraktar.
Within the protection trade, each our private and non-private firms
produce extremely profitable and high-quality merchandise,” he added.
Ukraine mentioned that the Turkish TB2 drones it had at first of
the warfare had proved their price towards the Russian forces. The TB2
helped undermine Russia’s overwhelming army superiority.
The variety of international locations the place Turkish fighter drone Bayraktar
TB2 is being exported to has risen to 24, mentioned Haluk Bayraktar, the
CEO of Baykar, in early September, including that the share of exports
within the firm’s income for this yr has reached 98 p.c.
To date, greater than 400 Bayraktar TB2 and 20 Bayraktar Akinci have
been produced, he mentioned. However there are plans to lift manufacturing
subsequent yr to 500 Bayraktar TB2 and 40 Bayraktar Akinci, he
added.
