When will a drone production plant be built in Ukraine: Baykar has announced the timing

Haluk Bayraktar said when he will build a factory for the production of drones near Kiev/Collage 24 Channel

General Director of the Turkish company Baykar Haluk Bayraktar confirmed that it is building a plant in Ukraine that will produce drones of the TB2 or TB3 model. This plant will be located near Kiev.

Bayraktar also named the timing of the plant for the production of drones. According to him, this could already happen before 2025.

Bayraktar told how long it takes to build the plant

In an interview with Reuters reporters at the World Defense Exhibition in Riyadh, Haluk Bayraktar said that a drone production plant is being built near Kiev. This plant will employ about 500 people.

We need about 12 months to complete construction, and then we will move on to the internal machinery, equipment and organizational structure,” he explained. will be about 120 units annually. However, he clarified that it has not yet been decided whether production at the Ukrainian plant will focus on the TB2 or TB3 drone model.

In response to a question about potential security risks related to the ongoing war, the General Director strongly assured that the construction of the plant is proceeding without interference and will continue according to plan.

The Baykar company invested $100 million in Ukraine

• General Director of the Turkish company Baykar Haluk Bayraktar announced at the Defense Industries Forum in Kiev that he was investing in Ukrainian production 100 million US dollars. According to Bayraktar, the company now has three areas of investment in Ukraine.
• One of them is a plant for creating drones. Then the Turkish company wants to create a service center, as well as a head office in Ukraine.
• Bayraktar assured that this will be an environmentally friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation. After all, Ukraine can provide unique technologies for the production of engines, and the Turkish side can provide the drones themselves.
• It is worth noting that in July 2023, the Minister for Strategic Industries Alexander Kamyshin stated that Ukraine has already begun to build a plant for the production of Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles. According to the minister, the enterprise will be quite large.