Talk:Baykar/Criticism and controversies

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Criticism and controversies
Baykar's drones have been seen action in 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, where they aided the Azerbaijani army to displace armed forces of Artsakh and Armenia from their positions. Domestic drone manufacturing previously relied on imported and regulated components and technologies such as the engines from Austria (manufactured by Rotax), fuels systems (manufactured by Andair) and missile rack (manufactured by EDO MBM ) from the UK, optoelectronics (FLIR sensors imported from Wescam in Canada or Hensoldt in Germany). Engines exports were halted when Canadian Bombardier, owner of Rotax, became aware of the military use of their recreational aircraft engines. In October 2020 Canadian Wescam (optics and sensors) exports were restricted by the Canadian Foreign Ministry. After learning that their products were utilised to create combat drones, Hampshire-based UK aircraft manufacturer Andair announced the discontinuation of all sales to Baykar Makina on 11 January 2020. The British manufacturer became the latest company to stop selling equipment to Turkey after its components were found in drones shot down during the Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Turkish industry responded to foreign sales boycotts by announcing provision of domestically manufactured alternatives to Baykar - PD170 motor (Turkish Aerospace Industries), optical camera (Aselsan CATS system), and fuel valve (Aselsan). Turkish defense industry researcher Kadir Doğan tweeted that cancellation of sales of components to Baykar by foreign companies did not pose a major problem, and that as of January 2021 all those components have been replaced by locally manufactured alternatives

On 3 December 2020, two Russian journalists from NTV and one Turkish citizen got arrested in Istanbul for filming near a Baykar drone facility.