Seems like Somalia received their TB2 planes.
https://video.haber7.com/video-galeri/199956-somaliye-ilk-bayraktar-tb2-sevkiyati-tamamlandi-ozel-tabur-yetistirilecek
MMU is just one of the project / sectors that will benefit from this work, TV set sector can benefit even more if they can get all aspects of the screen tech right and make it competitive.
This is a dream coming true. I have been looking forward to hearing from the Sabancı University's work on screens but this tops it by far. Another shortcoming of the Turkish industry is being patched up. So happy.
Other companies do not have the vision of the possibly high numbers of demand for such a product and they do not want to spend RD money on it. But 50 hp is the magic number for single seat airplanes.
The problem with these machines is they are powered by electric motors and electric batteries. Batteries have limited power and the plane can only fly for a short time and with a small payload capacity. There is also the US Navy Osprey type planes that are powered by turbine engines but they...
There are novelty flying machines that target to enable helicopter style vertical take off and landing capability. These type of vehicles have yet to prove their reliability and usefulness as they lack in some department when they shine in other areas. When they are faster they lack carrying...
That would be another type of propulsion, categorized otherwise. But particularly with electric propulsion anything is possible. When they can make it with turbine engines it is much easier to make them with electric propulsion. It adds some complexity to the system as there is a transition from...
There are many more things that contribute to the succes of the TB2 platform than that meet the eye. Picking up a few good lessons will not make much difference for them. It is not some alien UFO out of this world that can give them unheard of technology.
Announcing before a sell will not jeopardize a sales to the UK as the news will come out at some point in the process anyway, it is not like the UK will buy them secretly, public will know before sales.
It can provoke other buyers to act at once as there would be no need for any other confirmation that the product is worth the money. This makes sense as there are negotiations going on with several other nations.