The Turkish company Baykar, which specializes in drone technology, announced the success of the "Akinci" fighter in the self-landing and take-off test, as part of Turkey's plans to boost its military industries.
The company said in its Twitter account, "The Akinci plane completed another test of its systems. The plane took off from Corlu, and for the first time it succeeded in completely self-landing and takeoff from a remote field without a ground control station."
The company published, through its YouTube channel, a clip behind the scenes of test completion and the success of the technical operations required to make the self-landing and takeoff.
Bayraktar #AKINCI TİHA, bugün bir başka Sistem Tanımlama Testi'ni daha tamamladı.
Çorlu'dan havalanan #AKINCI, bu testte ilk defa yer kontrol istasyonu bulunmayan uzak bir meydana tam otonom iniş ve kalkışı başarıyla gerçekleştirdi. # MilliTeknolojiHamlesi ✈️🐳🚀🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/7qtwitter.com/7qtwitter
- BAYKAR (@Baykar_Savunma) November 4, 2020
Last June, Anadolu Agency said that the Turkish Defense Technologies Engineering Company (STM) was preparing to supply the Turkish security authorities with "Albago" suicide drone aircraft, one of the most prominent products of the country's defense industry in the recent period.
The agency added that "Cargo" drones are currently emerging on the defense arena in Turkey, as they continue to be delivered to the Turkish forces, and preparations are underway to enter "Albago" for military service at the end of this year.
It is noteworthy that Turkey has sought in the last two decades to strengthen its defense industries, and has managed to become one of the first six countries in the production of civilian and military drones.
Since 2015, Turkey has become a major market in the world of military drones. Two "Bayraktar" and "Phoenix" aircraft, which have proven their capabilities in the battles in Syria and Libya, have emerged recently.