Turkey Is Taking UAS Market Share From China

Tony Osborne October 26, 2021
Baykar Makina’s Bayraktar TB2 armed tactical UAV
Baykar Makina’s Bayraktar TB2 armed tactical UAS, the best-selling Turkish unmanned aircraft system, has already secured sales in Qatar, and Iraq is expected to follow suit.
Credit: Baykar Makina
For the past five years, China has met the Middle East’s insatiable demand for armed unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Dozens, perhaps hundreds of Chinese-made medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAS have been exported into the Middle East and North Africa as a tool to counter insurgencies and...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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