More details on TOGGs plans. This is looking very promising.
Current production rate of 100 units per day. Being scaled gradually to meet 28K production target by end of 2023
First export to the EU planned for Q1 2025
1 million production capacity by 2030 (A bit disappointed about this target...
Aselsan is growing like crazy. Order book is expected to be $10 billion by the end of Q3 2023!
This includes a contract of $123.5 million for the modernization of Chilean Leopard 2 A4 tanks.
TOGG CEO:
We are planning to invest in NMC technology in 2026 instead of LFP in batteries. #LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) / #NMC (Nickel Manganese Cobalt)
We are working on Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology.
Tbh no. GDP PPP does not mean much for a country the size of Turkiye which is very dependent on energy imports and imports of high tech goods.
Turkiye's GDP nominal is still way to small to be a threat to Europeans powers.
Turkiye will most likely overtake UK and France within the next 2-3 years. Turkiye's 2023 growth was adjusted upwards to 4.2%, while France and UK are standing still if not shrinking.
Wagner getting ready to go. Let's hope for a long and bloody civil war in Russia. They need to pay for their crimes in Caucasus, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya and many other places.
I am sorry to say but typical Arab attitude. “If they can’t do it, how should we? If they do it, why should we?”
Baykar is taking market share from US drone manufacturers and is probably the LEADING drone manufacturer in the world. What Akinci can do, no other drone can do.
I think it is very reasonable to assume that there is a lot we are not being told. I believe KE was assigned a high level of secrecy after the first few flights (i.e. election material).
We haven't really seen anything new on KE since the early videos. Even in recent months, they keep sharing...
Why do we have to keep reminding people that Baykar is not a traditional defence company but a fast moving tech scale-up. They are the SpaceX of the defence world. Challenging the norms and doing what is perceived impossible.
They were record breaking with Akinci as well. Calling KE a scam is...