Turkish arms company Baykar, which produces, among others, Bayraktar TB2, TB3, is building a production facility in Ukraine. She had specified plans even before the war, due to the fact that many components for the production of these drones came from Ukraine. A contract was signed in February 2022, and in July 2023 the Ukrainian Minister for strategical Industries, Oleksandr Kamyszyn, informed of the start of the construction. During the planet defence Show 2024, Baykar head of the company Haluk Bayraktar told the Reuter Agency that there was a year left to complete the construction. The plant will be built under Kiev, is expected to employment about 500 people, and plans are set to produce 120 drones per year. The question of whether the ongoing war sparks the company's concerns, Haluk Bayraktar replied that the plans are on agenda and nothing can halt them.
