Bayraktar UAV Now Deployed By Turkish Police
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The Turkish National Police is now putting the Bayraktar TB2 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) into service. Consisting of three UAVs and ground control units, the first system was delivered in June following tests and approval procedures. The second system – whose manufacturing still ongoing – is set for delivery this year, UASVision reports.
The Bayraktar TB2, which was developed and produced in Turkey, is used in terrorist operations in the country’s eastern and southeastern Anatolia regions. It has joined operational assignments over a total of 4,000 hours of flight. The Bayraktar TB2 proved its accuracy during shooting tests made with integrated national missiles in April.
UAVs are the premiere achievements of the Turkish defense industry. They are also force multipliers regarding the fight with terrorism, border protection and national defense power.
Bakyar Makina initially manufactured a micro UAV for the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in 2004 before the Bayraktar TB2 and carried out a weaponized trial, becoming the first national and original micro UAV in the TSK’s inventory. The system was used operationally by the TSK in 2007.
The Bayraktar TB2 project has a record-breaking local share with a 93% participation rate in the defense industry. It is the first and only UAV system that completed test approval procedures designated by the TSK and the Defense Industry and entered the TSK’s inventory.
The Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System Development Program was started by the Undersecretariat of Defense Industry based on competition and without any R&D support as a two-stage program in 2009.
Baykar met all the performance criteria targeted during flight trials that took place in the presence of an official committee in 2009 along with Bayraktar Tactical UAV System’s Block 1 aerial vehicle platform.
During these tests, Bayraktar UAV’s capabilities, such as departure, flight, landing and returning to hangar, were displayed in day and night flights.
