Şahinbey Göktürkler Team wins TEKNOFEST drone competition

The Şahinbey Göktürkler Team, part of the Şahinbey Municipality Science and Art Center in Gaziantep, has secured first place in the Rotary Wing category of the TEKNOFEST UAV competition. The 10-member team developed an autonomous drone system capable of taking off from a moving land vehicle, performing area scanning and human detection without pilot intervention, and landing autonomously back onto the same moving vehicle.

The project, which was the result of two years of development, was recognized at an award ceremony in Şanlıurfa where the team received their prize from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In addition to the competition win, the team also received awards from TÜBİTAK and TUSAŞ. Team members noted that the system was designed to address the technical challenges of takeoff and landing for military vehicles.