The Turkish company Baykar has obtained the necessary licenses from the authorities to manufacture Bayraktar TB2 and Akıncı drones in Ukraine.

"We have obtained the appropriate license permissions from Türkiye for the full production of Baykar TB2 and Akıncı unmanned aerial vehicles in Ukraine," Yeni Akit quotes Haluk Bayraktar, Baykar's CEO.

The company plans to commence production in Ukraine in 2025. The total planned investment in the enterprise amounts to $95.5 million.

In 2019, Baykar established a Ukrainian subsidiary called "Avia Ventures" to open two plants in Ukraine. It is expected that Avia Ventures, on behalf of Baykar, will be responsible for the construction of the drone production facility.

The construction was facilitated by the signing of a framework agreement between the governments of Ukraine and Türkiye in February 2022 on cooperation in the aerospace industry.

According to Ukraine's Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov, the drones manufactured in Ukraine will be equipped with engines of Ukrainian production. Additionally, a training center will be established.