Türkiye’s main drone producer Baykar Technologies and Italy’s protection large Leonardo signed a partnership settlement Thursday in unmanned applied sciences.
The settlement was signed by Leonardo’s CEO Roberto Cingolani, Baykar’s Chairman Selcuk Bayraktar and CEO Haluk Bayraktar at Leonardo headquarters in Rome.
“We have been in intensive negotiations for months. We were already working with Leonardo and there are systems we have integrated,” stated Selcuk Bayraktar.
“We were already cooperating and the chemistry and synergy has developed in a fascinating way in recent months,” he famous.
Stressing that the 2 corporations have complementary options, Selcuk Bayraktar stated: “We can make the best systems together. We thank them for their cooperation, we are very happy to start this journey.”
“Today is a very important day as we are signing a memorandum of understanding with Baykar. We have identified important cornerstones with our colleagues from Baykar,” stated Cingolani.
Stating that they’re going by way of a fancy interval, Cingolani stated the settlement is a product of their intensive work within the final 5 months.
“This is a great result,” Cingoloni stated, noting that the settlement is for 5 years however envisages a deeper cooperation.
Cingolani additionally acknowledged that he was very impressed by his go to to Baykar amenities in Istanbul, including that Baykar has a really extensive product household in UAVs (unmanned aerial autos).
Additionally, manufacturing might be carried out in Türkiye and Italy beneath the partnership of the 2 corporations.
Baykar and Leonardo count on the unmanned aerial autos market in Europe to succeed in $100 billion within the subsequent 10 years.
The producer of distinguished unmanned fight aerial autos (UCAVs) Bayraktar TB2 and Akinci, Baykar Technologies has been widening its cooperation community in Italy.
Baykar acquired Italian aerospace large Piaggio in December and Italy’s Made in Italy Ministry had hinted at Leonardo’s potential cooperation with Baykar.
Source: www.anews.com.tr