Selçuk Bayraktar Made Statements About Akıncı TİHA

Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Turkish Technology Team Foundation (T3 Foundation) and Chairman of the Board of TEKNOFEST Selcuk Bayraktar, high altitude long endurance unmanned armed aerial vehicle under development by Baykar Defense Bayraktar Akıncı to TİHA He made statements about.

Held at Körfez Race Track within the scope of TEKNOFEST “TÜBİTAK Efficiency Challenge Electric Vehicle Races” Bayraktar, answering journalists' questions in his program, "We continue test flights. We have produced two prototypes, the third is on the way. After that, mass production vehicles will be produced." he said.

'In a sense, the engineers of the future are trained through races'

Bayraktar, who started the competition together with the Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank, expressed his interest in the races in a sense. your future of engineers He stated that he had grown up. Adding that they talked to each of the teams and that the competitors were very excited, Bayraktar included the following statements in his speech:

"Of course, this has a meaning for me. As you know, when we built our country's first national unmanned aerial vehicle, it was a tiny 5.5-kilo aircraft. I can clearly see what the edge of this technology can be from here. Hopefully, the adventures of these friends of ours are similar in the world, some of whom will establish important enterprises in this field and some will work as engineers in important projects. In a sense, within the scope of the national technology move, their foundations are being laid."

'There was almost a rocket parade in Salt Lake'

It was held yesterday in Aksaray with the support of ROKETSAN and TÜBİTAK SAGE. rocket to their races Speaking about the issue, Bayraktar said: "I can say that there was almost a rocket parade in Salt Lake. Our young brothers from almost 81 provinces of our country, who dreamed, researched, developed and produced their own rockets, competed. Hopefully, they will undertake important works in our country's aviation and space technology." he said.

Referring to the automotive issue, Bayraktar said: electric vehicles And clever vehicles He stated that there were two major revolutions, including electric vehicles, that future engineers related to electric vehicles were trained through these competitions, and that Turkey's next 5, 10, 15 years would be much brighter in terms of the formation of a national technology initiative ecosystem.

'We continue test flights'

Stating that Bayraktar Akıncı TİHA had a flight in the morning and that it will start its duty next year, Bayraktar included the following statements in his statement:

"We are continuing the test flights. We have produced two prototypes, the third is on the way. After that, mass production vehicles will be produced. Today, another high-speed and high-altitude test was carried out. Landing and take-off trials were carried out in different configurations. It is progressing step by step with success. Of course, as you know, these things start very small. It is an adventure that started in the 2000s. Hopefully, the vehicles you see here will appear as very important projects 10, 15 years from now."