Politics · Turkey · 8 hrs ago
AKINCI and Bayraktar TB2 drones land and take off on Turkish highway
AKINCI and Bayraktar TB2 drones landed and took off on a highway in western Turkey during an exercise built around emergency scenarios.
The demonstration took place on the Manisa-Balıkesir road, which connects the two provinces.
Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said the drones used the road as a runway.
The aircraft were developed by Baykar using Turkey’s domestic technology capabilities.
The exercise showed how transport infrastructure could serve a role in emergencies, beyond its usual use for road travel.
Uraloğlu congratulated those involved, but no further plans were stated.
AKINCI and Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aircraft landed on and took off from the Manisa-Balıkesir highway in an emergency-scenario exercise.
The exercise demonstrated how road infrastructure could serve a role in emergencies.
Transport Minister Uraloğlu said the highway was used as a runway by platforms developed with Baykar’s national technology expertise.
He congratulated everyone who contributed to the work.
- Who
- AKINCI and Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aircraft took part. Minister Uraloğlu commented on the exercise.
- What
- The aircraft landed on and took off from a highway as part of emergency scenarios.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- The Manisa-Balıkesir highway in Turkey.
- Why
- The exercise was conducted as part of emergency scenarios and demonstrated a possible role for transport infrastructure in emergencies.
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- Aircraft
- AKINCI and Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aircraft
- Location
- Manisa-Balıkesir highway, Turkey
- Exercise
- Emergency-scenario landing and take-off operations
- Development
- Baykar's national technology expertise
What people are saying
The ability of these platforms, developed with Baykar's national technology expertise, to use our highway as a runway also demonstrated the role our transport infrastructure can play in emergencies.