Turkish Drones To Defend Europe - Istanbul
File photo dated on April 28, 2023, during the Teknofest presentation of Bayraktar Kizilelma, Turkey’s first unmanned fighter jet developed by The Baykar factory, one of the country's leading arms manufacturers in Istanbul, Turkey. Italy's Leonardo and Turkey's Baykar announced on March 6, 2025,they were setting up a joint venture to produce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), as defence companies scramble to respond to the surge in European military spending. The deal aims to address Europe's weakness in the drone industry and will take advantage of a European UAV market that the two companies estimated at $100 billion over the next 10 years. Europe has a gap in unmanned technologies... and in complicated times like the one we are living in it is fundamental to guarantee global security," Leonardo Chief Executive Roberto Cingolani told a press conference. Baykar Chairman Selçuk Bayraktar, the son-in-law of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, said the deal was an "opportunity to build aerial supremacy", given drone
- Product Code
- ILEA004131283
- Registered date
- 2025/3/07 00:00:00
- Credit
- Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Yurttas Cemal/DIA Images/ABACA
- Media size
- 7952 × 5304 pixel
- Deployment size
- 22.95(MB)*
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