The Turkish company that makes Bayraktar drones has a three-year wait.
After being used to destroy Russian tanks, the drones became legendary in Ukraine.
Prior to the invasion, the firm agreed to build a manufacturing base in Ukranian.
There is a three-year-long waiting list for a Turkish company which has supplied drones to the Ukrainians.
Haluk Bayraktar, the CEO of Turkish defense firm Baykar, said in an interview that the company currently has the manufacturing capacity to build twenty of its Bayraktar TB2 drones a month, but wants to up that with a new facility.
Bayraktar said that the company had already begun to build the Ukrainian factory.
He said that they embarked on building a factory in Ukraine, a research center and manufacturing excellence center where they wanted to build all the systems.
Bayraktar told the foundation that there was a surge in demand for the company's drones.
More countries are interested in these systems as they prove themselves.
Representatives for Baykar didn't reply to Insider's request for comment.
Early in the campaign to destroy large numbers of Russian vehicles, Bayraktar's drones were used to great effect. A folk song about their popularity was created.
Bayraktar was credited with destroying invading Russian tanks and armored vehicles in the early days of the war.
The Bayraktar Aknc and Bayraktar Kizilelma are two of the models that Baykar wants the Ukraine plant to make.
After turning down $20 million in crowdfunded money, the company donated three drones to Ukraine. In a statement, the company asked that the funds be diverted to the people of Ukranian.
Experts told Insider that the Turkish drones were becoming less effective as Russian forces increased their air defenses.
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