“Baykar and Leonardo are at the table for UAV cooperation!
Baykar and Leonardo are negotiating for the integration of radar and electronic systems into Baykar UAVs.
Leonardo CEO Roberto Cingolani visited Baykar's Istanbul facilities and examined UAVs such as the TB2.
Cingolani noted that the two companies' technologies provide strong complementarity and that the cooperation will strengthen European defense.
While emphasizing that NATO should not be solely focused on the US, Leonardo stated that cooperation with Baykar would strengthen NATO's eastern flank.”
In a way, I think we can also see these developments as Italy's desire to revive the piaggio p.2hh. For Baykar, Italy is in a position to create favorable conditions for it to become a major unmanned systems supplier in the EU market. The collaboration between Leonardo and Baykar has the potential to make a big difference to French and British competitors. From tactical systems to unmanned combat jets, Baykar's product range is already largely ready.
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So, this Leonardo avionics “integrated” line, do you think it will become the key for them to open up the EU door as well as Baykar?
Because I, somehow, got the impression that they would co-develop a new line of UAV/UCAVs, even maybe a stealth one too rather than avionics integration.
