Akinci’s Arrival Accelerating Turkey’s Autonomous Warfare Drive

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed one of the Akincis in the presence of Baykar Makina’s directors, Selcuk and Haluk Bayraktar.
Credit: Turkish Communications Directorate
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hailed his country’s unmanned aircraft system industry as among the top three in the world, alongside the U.S. and Israel, as the country’s latest native platform enters military service. The distinctive gull-wing, twin-turboprop Akinci unmanned aircraft...

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