Turkey Is Taking UAS Market Share From China

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...

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