On the occasion of the blessed Eid al-Adha, the Turkish company "Baykar", the manufacturer of the famous "Bayraktar" drones, revealed the design of a new combat drone project.
On Tuesday, Baykar posted on its Twitter account for the first time pictures of the design of the MİUS fighter plane, and offered its congratulations on the occasion of Eid al-Adha to the Turkish people and the entire Islamic world.
The company had published an introductory video clip on the subject of the drone on July 17, and said, "The Eid gift is being loaded... wait for July 20."
Muharip İnsansız Uçak Sistemi (#MİUS) projemizin kavramsal tasarım görsellerini ilk kez paylaşıyoruz.
Milletimize ve tüm İslam alemine sağlıklı ve mutlu bir #KurbanBayramı dileriz.#MilliTeknolojiHamlesi ✈️🚀🌍🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/pHi2uprOrV
— BAYKAR (@Baykar_Savunma) July 20, 2021
The technical director of the "Baykar" company, Selcuk Bayraktar, published a video on his Twitter account, in which he talks about the combat march project, and said that the goal set is to make the first flight of the combat drone on the centenary of the establishment of the Turkish Republic (October 2023).
Bayraktar added that the combat march was designed by Turkish engineers and technicians, and said that his company's goal is to lead in the field of drone technology, "to be ready from now on for the competition that will take place in the future."
Hedefimiz;
• Genç mühendis ve teknisyen kardeşlerimle geliştirdiğimiz #MİUS prototipinin ilk uçuşunu Cumhuriyetimizin 100. yılında gerçekleştirmek.
• Geleceğin yarışlarına bugünden hazırlanarak teknolojide lider olmak!
Peki #MİUS projesi nedir?#MilliTeknolojiHamlesi pic.twitter.com/Kt5VT935v6
— Selçuk Bayraktar (@Selcuk) July 20, 2021
On July 10, the French newspaper Le Figaro said that, in just 15 years, Turkey had become one of the most prominent producers of armed drones in the world, and added that the Turkish marches contributed to Turkey's rise in the defense industry market, pointing out That it began to compete with the models of the American, Israeli and Chinese marches, in just 15 years.
And the American Wall Street Journal published a report in early June, in which it said that Turkish drones, which were created using affordable digital technology, helped in victories against Russian-backed forces on the territory of both Syria. Libya and Azerbaijan.
The American newspaper added in a long report that the success of these aircraft helped Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expand his regional influence, without risking large numbers of forces or expensive equipment, and encouraged him in his determined pursuit of a more independent foreign and security policy.