{"id":29411,"date":"2024-05-17T18:20:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T22:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/poland-receives-final-tb2-drone-delivery-from-turkeys-baykar\/17\/05\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T18:20:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T22:20:21","slug":"poland-receives-final-tb2-drone-delivery-from-turkeys-baykar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/poland-receives-final-tb2-drone-delivery-from-turkeys-baykar\/17\/05\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland receives final TB2 drone delivery from Turkey\u2019s Baykar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MERSIN, Turkey \u2014 Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar has delivered to Poland the final batch of Bayraktar TB2 combat systems ordered for $270 million, the company announced.<\/p>\n<p>Poland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2021\/05\/24\/poland-to-buy-turkish-bayraktar-tb2-drones\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:signed a deal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">signed a deal<\/a> in May 2021 for the drones and associated equipment. The contract stipulated the delivery of four systems, each of which include six aircraft and three ground control stations.<\/p>\n<p>Baykar first delivered six TB2s in October 2022 at a ceremony held at Poland\u2019s 12th Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Base.<\/p>\n<p>On May 16, it completed the shipment of a cumulative 24 TB2s during an event held in Poland. Attendees included Poland\u2019s deputy defense minister, the head of Turkey\u2019s Presidency of Defence Industries agency, and the general manager of Baykar.<\/p>\n<p>Haluk Bayraktar, who leads the company, wrote Thursday on the social media site X that the firm \u201cdelivered the last system of our Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs to Poland. Thus, for the first time in Turkey\u2019s history, we have successfully completed the export of high-tech UCAVs to [both] a NATO and EU member country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defense News has contacted Poland\u2019s Defence Ministry for comment on how the drones will be used, and whether Ukraine will receive any.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:fighting off a Russian invasion;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">fighting off a Russian invasion<\/a>, which has heavily involved drone warfare. The TB2 made headlines when Ukrainian forces used them against Russia early on in the war.<\/p>\n<p>The medium-altitude, long-endurance drone can help with reconnaissance, target identification for artillery and precision strikes. It features an advanced avionic suite with a system that allows for autonomous taxiing, takeoff, landing and cruising.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/poland-receives-final-tb2-drone-204802030.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MERSIN, Turkey &mdash; Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar has delivered to Poland the final batch of Bayraktar TB2 combat systems ordered for $270<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/poland-receives-final-tb2-drone-delivery-from-turkeys-baykar\/17\/05\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}