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AKINCI and the Heavy-Class Strike Drone Programmes: How Much Does an Open Channel Speed Things Up?

AKINCI and the Heavy-Class Strike Drone Programmes: How Much Does an Open Channel Speed Things Up?

The Bayraktar TB2 took fifteen years to travel from programme start to first export. One class up, the AKINCI covered the same ground far faster:...

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Turkey’s Defense Chief: Strategic Independence Requires Securing the Whole Supply Chain

Turkey’s Defense Chief: Strategic Independence Requires Securing the Whole Supply Chain

Bottom line: Turkey's Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) chief Prof. Dr. Haluk Gorgun told a provincial industry meeting in Denizli that strategic independence requires securing...

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How the Bayraktar TB2 Became a Global Export Product: A Chronology of Six Thresholds

How the Bayraktar TB2 Became a Global Export Product: A Chronology of Six Thresholds

In 2018, Türkiye's tactical-class armed drone was sold to two countries. Seven years later, at the end of 2025, the manufacturer had signed contracts for...

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Türkiye and China’s Drone Export Models: Two Roads Into the Same Vacuum

Türkiye and China’s Drone Export Models: Two Roads Into the Same Vacuum

Between 2004 and 2007, two countries walked into the same empty room. The number of states exporting armed medium-altitude unmanned aircraft could be counted on...

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Türkiye and Russia’s Military Drone Programmes: Why a Great Aviation Industry Came Late

Türkiye and Russia’s Military Drone Programmes: Why a Great Aviation Industry Came Late

Russia holds one of the world's oldest aircraft design traditions. Sukhoi, MiG, Tupolev, Yakovlev — all were building combat aircraft before Türkiye had an aviation...

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ANKA and TAPAS: Same Class, Two Different Outcomes — The MALE Drone Programmes of Türkiye and India

ANKA and TAPAS: Same Class, Two Different Outcomes — The MALE Drone Programmes of Türkiye and India

Two countries set out, in the same class and in adjacent periods, to build their own medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aircraft. They reached first flight at...

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Türkiye and Europe’s MALE Drone Programmes: Why Europe Started Over Three Times

Türkiye and Europe’s MALE Drone Programmes: Why Europe Started Over Three Times

Since 2007 Europe has launched three separate programmes to build a medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aircraft. Two were cancelled; the third had still not flown by...

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Drone Programmes That Started in the Same Era: Where Are They in 2026?

Drone Programmes That Started in the Same Era: Where Are They in 2026?

Between 2004 and 2011, at least eight countries set out to build a medium-altitude unmanned aircraft of their own. They started with different budgets, different...