On November 18, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the President of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, spoke on the phone about Turkey-Niger relations and regional issues. President Erdoğan remarked during the… Continue reading "Niger To Acquire Bayraktar TB2 UAVs and HÜRKUŞ Trainer Aircraft From Turkey"
At the SAHA EXPO Defense and Aviation Fair in Istanbul on 11 November, Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar and Ukrainian high-tech engine manufacturer Ivchenko-Progress signed a deal to supply AI-322F and… Continue reading "Baykar Puts In An Order For AI322F and AI25TLT Jet Engines From Ukraine For MIUS"
On October 21, General Kamchybek Tashiev, Kyrgyzstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Committee for National Security, announced that the country has ordered Bayraktar TB2 UAVs from Turkey.… Continue reading "Kyrgyzstan Purchases Bayraktar TB2 UAVs From Turkey"
On Monday, October 18, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan traveled to Luanda, Angola’s capital, for a series of meetings. Tete Antonio, Angola’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Alp Ay, the… Continue reading "Angola Plans To Buy UAVs and Armored Vehicles From Turkey"
Welcome back to the Weekend Briefing our regular round up of the week’s defense news. This week saw Japan’s Izumo undertake historic F-35B trials, USS Connecticut was involved in an… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (4-8 October)"
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and Baykar Defense signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on the construction of a training and test center for the maintenance, repair, and modernization of… Continue reading "Baykar Defense To Build A UAV Training And Testing Center In Ukraine"
On 27 September, Turkmenistan held a military parade in Kopet Dag, the border area between Turkmenistan and Iran in the southern portion of the capital Ashgabat, to commemorate the 30th… Continue reading "Bayraktar TB2 UAVs Join The Inventory Of The Turkmenistan Army"
In an exclusive interview with the Azerbaijan news agency Report last Sunday, Ukraine’s senior military authority, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Valeriy Zaluzny, said that Ukraine is planning to purchase 24 additional… Continue reading "Ukraine Plans To Purchase 24 Additional Bayraktar TB2 UAVs"
On 28 August, Iraqi Defense Minister Jumaa Inad Saadoun, a guest on Iraqi TV channel Al Sharqiya, made a series of statements, including that Iraq had “reached an agreement” with… Continue reading "Iraq Announces That They Plan To Procure Bayraktar TB2 UAV’s And ATAK Helicopters From Turkey"
Baykar Defense’s AKINCI Offensive Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TİHA in Turkish) has been added to the inventory of the TSK (Turkish Armed Forces). The delivery ceremony of the AKINCI (‘Raider’ in… Continue reading "Akıncı UAV to be Delivered To The Turkish Armed Forces"