The Turkish Defense Industry Ministry has announced plans to start producing its Bayraktar combat drones using locally made engines.

BayKar executive Selcuk Bayraktar, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son-in-law, has announced that they will use the engines developed by Tusaş Engine Industries. He said BayKar  - the joint venture producing the drones, has started testing the engines weeks ago.