In ?n ?v??-?v?lvin? ?l???l s?c??it? l?n?sc???, st??t??ic ???tn??shi?s ??tw??n n?ti?ns ??? c??ci?l t? ?ns??? m?t??l ????ns? c????iliti?s ?n? t?chn?l??ic?l ??v?nc?m?nts. A t?st?m?nt t? this ??inci?l? is th? ??c?nt c?ll?????ti?n ??tw??n S???i A???i?n c?m??ni?s ?n? th? T??kish ????ns? c?m??n? in th? c?nst??cti?n ?? th? B????kt?? Akinci Hi?h-Altit??? L?n?-En????nc? (HALE) ???n?s. This c?ll?????tiv? ?????t n?t ?nl? si?ni?i?s th? ???wth ?? ????ns? c????iliti?s ??t ?ls? ?n???sc???s th? im???t?nc? ?? int??n?ti?n?l c??????ti?n in sh??in? ? s???? w??l?. Th? s??i?s ?? ?????m?nts ink?? ??tw??n S???i A???i?n ?ntiti?s ?n? th?i? T??kish c??nt?????ts ?????s?nt ? si?ni?ic?nt mil?st?n? in th? ??m?in ?? milit??? t?chn?l??? t??ns???. Th? S???i A???i?n Milit??? In??st?i?s (SAMI) h?s ?????? ? ?iv?t?l ???tn??shi? with B??k??, whil? As?ls?n ?n? R?k?ts?n h?v? ?nt???? ?????m?nts with th? N?ti?n?l C?m??n? ??? M?ch?nic?l S?st?ms (NCMS). Th? ???n??ti?n ??? th?s? ?????m?nts w?s ?st??lish?? th????h S???i A???i?’s c?nt??ct with B??k?? ??? th? ?c??isiti?n ?? Akinci ???n?s, m??kin? T??k??’s l????st-?v?? ?x???t c?nt??ct v?l??? ?t USD 3.5 ?illi?n.
O? ????m??nt im???t?nc? is SAMI’s ??l? in this c?ll?????tiv? ?n???v??. SAMI’s c?mmitm?nt t? ??m?stic?ll? ?????cin? Akinci ???n?s in S???i A???i? ???l?cts n?t ?nl? ? t?chn?l??ic?l t??ns??? ??t ?ls? ? st??t??ic inv?stm?nt in l?c?l ????ns? c????iliti?s. B? ??cilit?tin? th? ?????cti?n ?? ?? t? 70% ?? th? UAV c?m??n?nts within S???i A???i?, SAMI is ??is?? t? ?nh?nc? th? n?ti?n’s t?chn?l??ic?l ???w?ss ?n? s?l?-s???ici?nc?. Th? ?????m?nt ?nc?m??ss?s th? ?nti?? s??ct??m ?? ???n? ?????cti?n, ???m ?i????m? st??ct???s ?n? ?l?ct?ic?l s?st?ms t? ????n? ???i?m?nt ?n? ?in?l ?ss?m?l?, ?ns??in? ? c?m???h?nsiv? t??ns??? ?? t?chnic?l kn?wl????. Sim?lt?n???sl?, th? NCMS’s ?????m?nts with As?ls?n ?n? R?k?ts?n h?l? imm?ns? ??t?nti?l ??? ??st??in? t?chn?l??ic?l ?xch?n??. Th? ??c?s ?n ??t??l?ct??nic s?st?ms, w????n ??i??nc? s?ts, sm??t m?niti?ns, ?n? ??i??nc? s?st?ms ?x?m?li?i?s ? c?nc??t?? ?????t t? ??lst?? S???i A???i?’s c????iliti?s in ?????cin? ??m?m?nts ?n? s?ns??s ??? T??kish UAVs. This n?t ?nl? ??v?s th? w?? ??? ?nh?nc?? milit??? ???w?ss ??t ?ls? c?nt?i??t?s t? th? ?v???ll t?chn?l??ic?l ??v?nc?m?nt ?? ??th n?ti?ns.
At th? h???t ?? this c?ll?????ti?n li?s th? B????kt?? Akinci ???n? its?l?—? t?chn?l??ic?l m??v?l th?t ??it?miz?s th? ??t??? ?? ?nm?nn?? ???i?l c????iliti?s. Al????? ?c??i??? ?? s?v???l NATO ?n? EU m?m??? c??nt?i?s, th? Akinci ???n? is ? v??s?til? w??kh??s? c????l? ?? c????in? ?iv??s? ???l???s ?n? ??m?? with ???l ??ti?ici?l int?lli??nc? ?vi?nics. Its m?lti??c?t?? c????iliti?s, c?m?????l? t? t???iti?n?l ?i?ht?? j?ts, m?k? it ?n ?ss?t ??? ??th ?i?-t?-????n? ?n? ?i?-t?-?i? missi?ns.
E??i???? with c?ttin?-???? s?st?ms s?ch ?s ?l?ct??nic s?????t, s?t?llit? c?mm?nic?ti?n, ????? s?st?ms, ?n? s?nth?tic ????t??? ?????, th? Akinci ???n? s?m??liz?s th? c?nv????nc? ?? inn?v?ti?n ?n? s?c??it?. Th? si?ni?ic?nc? ?? this ???tn??shi? t??nsc?n?s ??????s ?n? ?n???sc???s th? im???t?nc? ?? c??????ti?n in ? ???i?l? ?v?lvin? ????ns? l?n?sc???. As n?ti?ns st?iv? t? s?c??? th?i? int???sts ?n? ???m?t? ?l???l st??ilit?, ?lli?nc?s th?t ??st?? t?chn?l??ic?l ???wth ?n? m?t??l s?????t ??? ????m??nt. Th? S???i A???i?n c?m??ni?s’ c?ll?????ti?n with th? T??kish ????ns? in??st?? in th? c?nst??cti?n ?? th? B????kt?? Akinci ???n?s s?ts ? ???c???nt ??? th? ??w?? ?? st??t??ic c??????ti?n in sh??in? ? s???? ?n? m??? s?c??? w??l?.