Unmanned Systems

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KIZILELMA and the Unmanned Combat Aircraft Projects: The One That Left the Demonstrator Graveyard

KIZILELMA and the Unmanned Combat Aircraft Projects: The One That Left the Demonstrator Graveyard

The 2010s were the decade of the unmanned combat aircraft demonstrator. Europe flew the nEUROn, Britain the Taranis, the US Navy the X-47B. All three...

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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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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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Nigeria and Turkey Deepen Defence Industrial Ties (2026)

Nigeria and Turkey Deepen Defence Industrial Ties (2026)

Nigeria and Turkey deepened their defence-industrial partnership through 2026, moving from a buyer-seller relationship toward joint production. The two governments signed a core Defence Cooperation...

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Turkish vs. Chinese Drones in Africa: Why Some Countries Buy Both (2026)

Turkish vs. Chinese Drones in Africa: Why Some Countries Buy Both (2026)

Nigeria and Morocco both fly Bayraktar TB2s and Chinese Wing Loong IIs. Algeria and the DR Congo stayed Chinese-only. Niger, Chad and Somalia went Turkish-only....

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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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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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Ukraine Receives Nearly Half a Million Drones, 95% Domestically Made

Ukraine Receives Nearly Half a Million Drones, 95% Domestically Made

Bottom line: Ukraine says it received nearly half a million drones, 95 percent produced domestically — a figure that underscores the decisive role of production...