Uzbekistan’s attack drone fleet unveiled

By Muzaffar Ismailov in Tashkent November 19, 2023

Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev inspected the growing fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) boasted by the country’s armed forces during a trip to Surkhandarya region on November 16.

Among the models he viewed was a Turkish Bayraktar TB2. Previously, there was no official confirmation of its presence in Uzbekistan.

The TB2, produced by Baykar, headed by Selcuk Bayraktar, a son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, can stay in the air for observation purposes for up to 24 hours and can operate within a control radius of up to 150 kilometres (93 miles).

Also presented to Mirziyoyev was a Wing Loong, a drone manufactured by China’s Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group. The drone can be used at medium altitudes of up to 5,000 metres and over a distance of up to 4,000 km. The device completed flight tests in 2020.

The Wing Loong is exported to countries including Uzbekistan, Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Serbia and Kazakhstan. The estimated cost of one of these drones is $1mn.

The first Lochin UAV to be produced in Uzbekistan also featured in the presentation.

Read in IntelliNews Pro
Get IntelliNews Pro

Related Articles

COMMENT: Unlocking the “search-for-yield” investment opportunities in frontier market landscapes

Since the start of the ‘new economy’ era, the 21st century, the financial markets in the developed economies have undergone multiple evolution cycles, eventually maturing to the point of ... more

Mirziyoyev and WTO director-general Okonjo-Iweala meet to advance Uzbekistan's accession bid

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev last week welcomed Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), in Tashkent for a meeting to discuss Uzbekistan's ... more

Uzbekistan acclaims surge in self-made businesswomen

The number of women who have started their own business in Uzbekistan has approximately doubled to more than 200,000 in the past five years, a meeting held at the Senate of the Oliy Majlis ... more

Follow Us On

Most Read

  1. Global access to energy starts to fall for the first time in a decade, says IEA
    4 days ago
  2. Russia overtakes Japan to become the fourth largest economy in the world in PPP terms
    1 month ago
  3. Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil refineries have done little damage to Russia’s economy so far
    7 days ago
  4. US “strangulation” sanctions on banks causing rising panic in Russia’s CBR
    7 days ago
  5. Russian struggling with import substitution, study finds
    7 days ago
  1. Russia overtakes Japan to become the fourth largest economy in the world in PPP terms
    1 month ago
  2. LONG READ: Russia’s despair index result is the best ever, while Ukraine’s crashes
    1 month ago
  3. Russia's central bank suspends trading in dollars and euros after US issues new bank sanctions
    22 days ago
  4. STOLYPIN: West needs to talk seriously about Ukraine
    21 days ago
  5. Hamster Kombat tapping into Iranians’ mobile screens
    24 days ago

Reports

Dismiss