AKINCI and Bayraktar took off and landed on the TB2 highway. Emergency scenarios

The first implementation of the field work, which was initiated to enable unmanned aerial vehicles developed nationally and uniquely by Baykar to operate uninterruptedly in situations where runways cannot be used, was carried out. National platforms used the highway as a runway in the emergency response exercise carried out in line with the field inspections and determined routes in different points of Türkiye.

Within the scope of the exercise, three national aircraft taking off from different bases met at the same point. A Bayraktar TB2, which was used by Baykar in training and testing activities and took off from Keşan, an AKINCI, which took off from Çorlu, and another Bayraktar TB2, which took off from Izmir in the inventory of the Land Forces Command, successfully landed and took off on the Manisa-Balıkesir Highway.

The operational concept created within the framework of emergency response scenarios is being expanded to include all unmanned aerial vehicles developed by Baykar. In line with the planning, it is aimed that all national platforms developed by Baykar, including Türkiye's first national unmanned combat aircraft KIZILELMA and Bayraktar TB3, which has the ability to take off and land from short-runway ships, will be able to take off and land from suitable land routes without being dependent on runways.

During the work carried out under the coordination of Ministry of National Defense, KGM and Baykar, fire brigade and ambulance teams were on standby and all security measures were taken on the road route. Necessary safety measures were implemented on the highway line by Manisa Governorship, Provincial Gendarmerie Command and Provincial Police Department.

The exercise was followed on-site by the force commands within the Turkish Armed Forces and the teams of the General Directorate of Security, Gendarmerie General Command and Coast Guard Command under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.