터키, 사우디에 대규모 UAV 판매

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상세한 내용은 아직 공개되지 않았지만 터키 바이카르가 사우디와 대규모 UAV 판매 계약을 체결했다고 합니다. Akinci UCAV의 판매 및 훈련, 기술이전과 공동생산이 포함돼 있으며 계약규모는 10억 달러 이상으로 추정된다고 합니다. 

https://www.armadainternational.com/2023/07/baykars-record-breaking-saudi-defence-deal/

Baykar's record-breaking Saudi defence deal - Armada International

Baykar’s record-breaking Saudi defence deal

By

 Carrington Malin

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July 20, 2023

Baykar Bayraktar Akıncı HALE UCAVs (credit: Baykar)

Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar this week announced that it had signed the largest defence deal in Turkish history with Saudi Arabia, estimated by some analysts to be worth more than $1 billion.

The news of the deal, signed by Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar and deputy Saudi defense minister Khalid Al-Bayari, came during Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan’s official visit to the Kingdom.

The multifaceted deal includes the supply of Baykar’s Bayraktar Akıncı high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), plus training services for the Saudi military, technology transfer and future collaboration towards ‘joint production’. The UCAV has been in service since 2021, is equipped with two turboprop engines and has a maximum payload of about 1,350 kilograms. Akıncı can be used team with fighter jets, and for both air-to-ground and air-to-air attack missions.

Following the use of its Bayraktar TB-2 by Ukrainian forces to devastating effect during last year’s Russian invasion, Baykar’s reputation is riding sky high. Previously battle-tested in Libya and Syria, its Bayraktar TB-2 drones are now in demand with several years production already underwritten by orders. However, the manufacturer now has more arrows in its quiver, with a pipeline of new products under development, including the medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) UCAV TB3, a jet-powered Bayraktar Kızılelma UCAV (subsonic) and a supersonic version of the Kızılelma.

Turkey’s defence exports grew to reach $4.4 billion last year and the government set a 2023 target for $6 billion. Leading Turkish defence contractors, such as Baykar, depend heavily on exports, which can account for as much as 90% of their revenue. Baykar also has plans to manufacture in multiple countries including Azerbaijan and Ukraine via joint ventures.

Given Saudi Arabia’s recent moves to ramp up local defence industry production, the deal could even provide to be a lot bigger than it first appears. Two Saudi manufacturers last year confirmed that they had started produce Lentatek’s medium-altitude, long-endurance drone Karayel-SU under licence. The government also has several other UAV manufacturing projects with global partners and aims to increase overall local defence production to provide 50 percent of its national military requirements.

Expect to hear more details about Baykatar’s Saudi deal in the coming months.

by Carrington Malin

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'커다란 TB2'로 보면 될 듯한 무기체계인데 러시아같은 나라에게는 먹히지 않고 SAM이 부실한 나라들에게는 먹힐 것 같습니다.

http://cafe.daum.net/NTDS/51Tp/331

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예멘에서 당장 필요해서 도입하는 것 같은데, 터키 본국보다 사우디에 먼저 인도될 지도 모르겠습니다.

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커다란 TB2라기 보다는 그냥 터키판 MQ-9에 가까운 물건입니다. 터키판 헤론이라고 할만한 악숭구르랑 둘이서 각각 중대형 무장 UAS와 장기체공 정찰 UAS 임무를 양분하고 있는 형태입니다.

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https://www.janes.com/defence-news/update-saudi-arabia-signs-for-akinci-uavs-in-record-deal-with-turkey/

터키의 이전 가장 큰 방산수출은 2018년 파키스탄에 판매했던 4척의 Ada급 코르벳으로 계약금액 10~15억 달러였다고 합니다. 그 이상의 규모라면 도입규모가 상당하겠습니다. TB-2의 가격이 대략 500만 달러라고 하는데, 단순 도입사업이라면 Akinci의 단가가 TB-2의 2배일 경우 100대 이상, 3배면 70~100대 가량이네요.