Turkey successfully tested a new generation Bayraktar (video)
The Bayraktar TB3 PT-2 drone has made its first flight in Turkey. In the future, the drone will be used for launching from ships with a short runway.
Bayraktar TB3 has passed the test.
Selçuk Bayraktar, technical director of the Turkish company Baykar, announced this on the social network X.
The golden age of Turkish aviation. The first flight of the Bayraktar TB3 PT-2. The first flight test of the second prototype.
Selchuk Bayraktar
Director of the Turkish company Baykar
Türk Havacılığın Altın Çağı 🥇 #BayraktarTB3 PT-2 İlk Uçuş | PT-2 First Flight ✈️ ⚓️🚀
✅ 2.Prototip İlk Uçuş Testi | Prototype #2 First Flight Test #MilliTeknolojiHamlesi 🌍🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/6BMBkTquBT
– Selçuk Bayraktar (@Selcuk) March 23, 2024
The video posted by Selchuk Bayraktar shows that the flight was made from the runway of the airfield. But in general, the Bayraktar TB3 PT-2 will be a combat UAV with the ability to take off and land from ships with a short runway, such as the TCG Anadolu, and with a wing design that can be folded.
In November 2023, Selchuk Bayraktar informed that the Bayraktar TB3 drone model had passed a 4-hour flight test. This drone is also capable of taking off and landing on aircraft carriers with a short runway.
Construction of the Baykar plant in Ukraine
On July 19, 2022, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced that Ukraine was preparing an agreement with Turkey that would allow the construction of the Bayraktar drone factory.
In August, it became known that the Turkish company Baykar Makina, which produces unmanned aerial vehicles, including the Bayraktar TB2 strike aircraft, had already registered in Ukraine and purchased a plot of land for the construction of a plant.
In October, it was reported that Baykar plans to complete the construction of a plant in Ukraine in two years.
In June 2023, Baykar received license permits from the Turkish authorities to produce Bayraktar TB2 and Akıncı in Ukraine.
On February 6, 2024, it was reported that the Turkish defense company Baykar had begun construction of a plant near Kyiv to produce TB2 or TB3 drone models. About 500 people will be employed in the production.
