Baykar to open UAV repair and maintenance service center in Ukraine

"A service center for the repair and maintenance of unmanned aerial vehicles will be established in Ukraine. The document on its construction was signed today between the Ministry of Defense and BAYKAR MAKINA Turkish company. This was done in the development of the Ukraine-Türkiye framework agreement on cooperation in the field of high technologies, aviation, and space," the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine posted on Telegram.

According to State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kostiantyn Vashchenko, the center will be established in the near future.

"We are moving forward and it is important for us to create our own base to service drones in Ukraine. This joint project will lay the foundation of our systemic work. Special gratitude to the BAYKAR company for its contribution to boosting the capability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression," the Ministry's press service quotes Vashchenko as saying.

As reported, on July 10, Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin announced that Baykar started to build a factory for the production of Bayraktar drones in Ukraine.