TR UAV/UCAV Programs | Anka - series | Kızılelma | TB - series

[DBdev]

So does anyone know how many TB2 and other drones are airborne on everage?
Here is a screen from Baykar Kizilelma documentary (Part-2 39:15).

There are around 40-50 drones at any given time, most of them without transponders/identification as I understand it.

 

[DBdev]

TUSAS can do anything even a 5th gen air superiority fighter. Speed of development is stunning, sales not so much?!

Even KAAN sales to Pakistan are possibly in danger of being lost to China.
Not to mention failure to secure an engine for ATAK by bypassing US and Italy thus losing $1.5 billion deal.
All prototype almost no sales except a few ANKAs etc. Something is very wrong in their marketing/export department.

source:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1744962526566060263

 

[Huelague]

What is Talay drone?

 

[Fuzuli NL]

What is Talay drone?

Where did you get that from?

 

[Huelague]

Where did you get that from?

I can tell you. But after, I have to kill you.

 

[GoatsMilk]

 

[TR_123456]

TUSAS can do anything even a 5th gen air superiority fighter. Speed of development is stunning, sales not so much?!

Even KAAN sales to Pakistan are possibly in danger of being lost to China.
Not to mention failure to secure an engine for ATAK by bypassing US and Italy thus losing $1.5 billion deal.
All prototype almost no sales except a few ANKAs etc. Something is very wrong in their marketing/export department.

source:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1744962526566060263

You live in a dreamworld or something?
The KAAN hasnt flown yet and if it would be ready,TAF first,which would mean before 2035/6/7 we cant think of selling.
Guessing you're talking about the ATAK 2,that project is on hold,not that important currently.
All other projects you mentioned are doing fine.

 

[boredaf]

You live in a dreamworld or something?
The KAAN hasnt flown yet and if it would be ready,TAF first,which would mean before 2035/6/7 we cant think of selling.
Guessing you're talking about the ATAK 2,that project is on hold,not that important currently.
All other projects you mentioned are doing fine.

Not to mention Hürjet and Anka-3 hasn't entered serial production yet and Gökbey is still going through testing and has only made 1 delivery yet.

 

[uçuyorum]

Not to mention Hürjet and Anka-3 hasn't entered serial production yet and Gökbey is still going through testing and has only made 1 delivery yet.

I expect Gökbey to be their best seller

 

[boredaf]

I expect Gökbey to be their best seller

My bet is on the first helicopter they navalise, whether it is Gökbey or T-925, it is such a monopolized area that a newcomer is sure to find some costumers.

 

[DBdev]

What made TB2 a world best seller was videos of them RUTHLESSLY destroying dozens of Russian air defenses meant to stop them.

Showing up at 1000 fairs couldn't have done that. TUSAS has no such videos therefore their foreign sales suck.

Also they are lazy. Production rate target of 500 TB2s a year is not something TUSAS or ASELSAN people will ever want to emulate. That would just mean more work. That is the beauty of a truly private company. You HAVE TO hire the most productive people or you won't make more money. Kotil has no skin in the game. He is content with making 2 helicopters or planes a month. No more.

 

[Merzifonlu]

What made TB2 a world best seller was videos of them RUTHLESSLY destroying dozens of Russian air defenses meant to stop them.

Showing up at 1000 fairs couldn't have done that. TUSAS has no such videos therefore their foreign sales suck.

Also they are lazy. Production rate target of 500 TB2s a year is not something TUSAS or ASELSAN people will ever want to emulate. That would just mean more work. That is the beauty of a truly private company. You HAVE TO hire the most productive people or you won't make more money. Kotil has no skin in the game. He is content with making 2 helicopters or planes a month. No more.

It must take a special effort to talk so much nonsense.

 

[Afif]

It must take a special effort to talk so much nonsense.

Good observation.

 

[DBdev]

It must take a special effort to talk so much nonsense.

Nonsense?
What real motivation workers, bosses at TUSAS or ASELSAN have to produce 20 times more by engaging with other 150+ nations effectively? 12 drones a year will get them off the hook with government and keep them employed until they retire. Pushing workers, resources to produce 500 drones a year, wouldn't earn Kotil anything but a revolt, firing because of subordinate complaints to politicians or a strike. Insulting me has become common place here. That was supposed to be against the rules. But even admins are breaking the rule of no personal attacks, insults.

 

[Merzifonlu]

Nonsense?
What real motivation workers, bosses at TUSAS or ASELSAN have to produce 20 times more by engaging with other 150+ nations effectively? 12 drones a year will get them off the hook with government and keep them employed until they retire. Pushing workers, resources to produce 500 drones a year, wouldn't earn Kotil anything but a revolt, firing because of subordinate complaints to politicians or a strike. Insulting me has become common place here. That was supposed to be against the rules. But even admins are breaking the rule of no personal attacks, insults.

Yes, nonsense. Which platform, whose development has been completed, did TAI not produce at a sufficient speed? T-129? Anka? Aksungur? Which one? If you do not want to hear personal insults, do not accuse TAI employees, who are exhausted from working hard, of laziness without any evidence.

 

[GoatsMilk]

What made TB2 a world best seller was videos of them RUTHLESSLY destroying dozens of Russian air defenses meant to stop them.

Showing up at 1000 fairs couldn't have done that. TUSAS has no such videos therefore their foreign sales suck.

Also they are lazy. Production rate target of 500 TB2s a year is not something TUSAS or ASELSAN people will ever want to emulate. That would just mean more work. That is the beauty of a truly private company. You HAVE TO hire the most productive people or you won't make more money. Kotil has no skin in the game. He is content with making 2 helicopters or planes a month. No more.

Yeah TB2 benefited from timing immensely and the fact its a cheap weapon that isn't a big risk for nations to purchase. The TB2 package is so cheap and the increased capacity it gives a military is really a no brainer. Honestly i would expect it to sell more. But Turkish weapon manufactures must be aware that due to our geography we are going to be engaging in a conflict I suspect at least once every 5 years maybe for the next 50 years. Just like idlib opened the door for Turkish drones especially TB2, each new conflict should be an advertising platform that most nations on earth cannot emulate.

In the last 5 years we have seen Turkish platforms utilised in syria, iraq, azerbaijan, ukraine, libya and else where.

If I'm a weapons manufacturer in Turkey I'm looking at the geopolitics and predicting where the next intervention is going to come and doing my best to time my platforms to be showcased in it.

And whichever Turkish company platform gains a positive reputation elevates the image of Turkish weapons in general. The drone warfare that was displayed in idlib over what was it 4 days? Raised the image of Turkey globally in terms of power and domestic capability. Its only really grown since then. You can even see people trying to ridicule the 5th gen fighter really more so out of envy and insecurity that someone else may overtake them.

Its really the one consistent positive of Turkey is her domestic military capacities keep growing.

 

[DBdev]

Yes, nonsense. Which platform, whose development has been completed, did TAI not produce at a sufficient speed? T-129? Anka? Aksungur? Which one? If you do not want to hear personal insults, do not accuse TAI employees, who are exhausted from working hard, of laziness without any evidence. I think the forum administration showed you more patience than necessary. If I were an administrator, I would have banned you from the forum already.

Some people in a huge company working to exhaustion is not same as that company overall being more productive. Same country, similar circumstances government owned company sells ANKA drones to a handful of nations other private company sell theirs to 30+ nations. Calling this normal is nonsense. What kept TUSAS from releasing videos of ANKA, routinely destroying Russian air defenses? What kept them from finding a solution to Pakistan's Atak engine problem without losing $1.5 BILLION? They didn't have the drive to do so. What keeps ASELSAN from producing 500 CATS for TB2 or exporting thousands a year to other foreign air platforms?
Simply put, workers are not benefitting personally from added workload and there is not a minimum performance requirement. In America some companies give bonuses to best performers and they also fire worst performing 10% each year. Can you even imagine the revolt if you do that in TUSAS or ASELSAN both are like government jobs?

 

[boredaf]

Some people in a huge company working to exhaustion is not same as that company overall being more productive. Same country, similar circumstances government owned company sells ANKA drones to a handful of nations other private company sell theirs to 30+ nations. Calling this normal is nonsense. What kept TUSAS from releasing videos of ANKA, routinely destroying Russian air defenses? What kept them from finding a solution to Pakistan's Atak engine problem without losing $1.5 BILLION? They didn't have the drive to do so. What keeps ASELSAN from producing 500 CATS for TB2 or exporting thousands a year to other foreign air platforms?
Simply put, workers are not benefitting personally from added workload and there is not a minimum performance requirement. In America some companies give bonuses to best performers and they also fire worst performing 10% each year. Can you even imagine the revolt if you do that in TUSAS or ASELSAN both are like government jobs?

Oh please stop this shite. Sucking US capitalism lmao. I don't know what your gripe is with Tusaş or Aselsan but you clearly understand nothing at all about production lines and capabilities, on top of demand and supply. Minimum performance requirement, that is hilarious.

 

[DBdev]

Oh please stop this shite. Sucking US capitalism lmao. I don't know what your gripe is with Tusaş or Aselsan but you clearly understand nothing at all about production lines and capabilities, on top of demand and supply. Minimum performance requirement, that is hilarious.

And what Türkiye is not capitalist? Even China is capitalist. You can't hide behind socialism or communism anymore to cover up institutionalized governmental inefficiency, poor work ethics due to unmonitored personal performance or overall low output, sales and profits. In a World of multi-trillion dollar companies these things are more important than ever. Pointing out mistakes is not a problem, covering them up and ignoring them is.

 

[DBdev]

Lad, show me a proper example of any of these from Tusaş or Aselsan, not just "BuT tHeIr SaLeS aRe LoW!!!111!!1!" You are not "pointing out mistakes" you're talking out of your arse.

Learn to talk like a grown up. I am probably older than you.

Aselsan is bragging about having 10 billion dollars backlog due to slow production rates.
STM is bragging about making only 3000 quadcopters for all these years.
TUSAS doesn't even flinch when they lose a $1.5 billion already signed contract.
I have no knowledge of bonus systems of Aselsan or TUSAS, but I would be baffled if they had performance based wages like most fortune 500 companies and yet they churn out these low production rates that are barely enough for Türkiye let alone other potential global buyers from 100+ nations. They go to fairs and they come back. That is the whole marketing strategy.

Türkiye has only %1 of around half trillion dollars a year global weapons exports market. What other number do you need to figure out this is not some big success?