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it among Türkiye’s top ten export- In its first quarter financials of 2024, faster and more secure. “With our
ers across all sectors. Baykar, Aselsan reported that its net sales client centric approach, Aselsan’s
which recently received the Export grew by 5 per cent compared to the solutions are being successfully
Champions Award, led the defence first quarter of 2023 and reached used by 86 different countries today
and aerospace industry in exports 15.1 billion TL. Backlog increased and with its adopted local to global
in 2021, 2022, and 2023, according to US$11.1 billion, breaking a his- business consciousness, we plan to
to the Defense Industry Agency torical record. enhance our presence all over the
(SSB) and the Turkish Exporters world day by day, he added.
Assembly (TIM). “We made a strong start to 2024
in line with our export-oriented In a recent interview, Akyol said his
To date, Baykar has signed export growth strategy. We made a main objective “will be to increase
deals with 34 nations, including great contribution to both our international sales and improve
33 countries for the Bayraktar TB2 national defence ecosystem and the company’s organisational
UCAV and nine countries for the our economy in the first quarter. structure with respect to business
Bayraktar Akinci UCAV, the top offi- We reached the highest back- process transformations and part-
cial of Baykar noted. log figure in our history. We left nership strategies to better serve
behind a productive period in its clients.”
“Turkiye’s defence and security which we have accomplished
policy is increasingly charac- firsts in terms of Türkiye’s techno- “We will be closely monitoring the
terised by the goal of achieving logical independence,” Akyol said. changing scene, new trends and
autonomy. The country is striving threats in the global warfare and on
to reduce its reliance on foreign “We are one of the fastest grow- the battlefield in the coming years.
partners in conceptual, technolog- ing companies in the world.
ical and logistical terms as well as We made a significant leap in “Our portfolio of over 500
with regard to the manufacture of the annual “TOP 100 Defence products, most of which are
military hardware; in other words, Companies List” of Defense News field-proven, is constantly
Ankara is focusing on local pro- climbing to 42nd position, up adapted to changing technology
duction capacity while curtailing from 47th in the last year’s list. requirements of our customers
procurement from abroad,” said This achievement underscores worldwide in line with their feed-
Dr Jens Bastian, a Fellow at the Aselsan’s strong commitment to backs. As part of our strategic
Centre for Applied Türkiye Studies global expansion strategy and vision that we name AselsaneXt
(CATS). innovation in the defence sector. 2030, we have set a goal to be
We are also investing for future among the top 30 companies in
technologies, even while pro- the world by 2030,” he added.
Aselsan on a Mission viding solutions for innovative
Leading defence entities such as technologies.” Aselsan is hard selling its air and
Aselsan also have “embarked missile defence system GÜRZ,
on a journey of innovation”, and which made its international debut
have created roadmaps to follow at the WDS 2024. GÜRZ is a
until 2030 in their products and multi-purpose
technologies. short/very
short range,
autono-
“We have initiated four major mous, air
investments exceeding US$400 and missile defence system. GÜRZ
million to increase our mass system mission is to provide lay-
production capacity and capa- ered air and missile defence for
bilities. Our primary goal is to stationary/moving forces and high
make Aselsan one of the top 30 value assets against, all UAVs from
defence industry companies in the micro mini to class 5, helicopters,
world. We will achieve this goal fighter aircraft, cruise missiles, mini
with our state-of-the-art technol- guided bombs and air-to-ground
ogy, highest quality and efficient Aselsan, he said, aims to produce missiles.
production, and exponential sustainable solutions with criti-
export growth,” said Ahmet Akyol, cal capabilities that ensure every Asked about Aselsan’s immediate
President & CEO of Aselsan. decision-making moment safer, plans, he said, “We are expanding
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