Great success from BARÜ in the TEKNOFEST “Fighting UAV Competition”
5 Eylül 2025
Bartın University (BARÜ) students competed as finalists in the “Fighting UAV Competition” held at the Aviation, Space, and Technology Festival TEKNOFEST 2025.
Bartın University (BARÜ) students are achieving significant success in the competitions of TEKNOFEST 2025, the world's largest Aviation, Space, and Technology Festival, which is organized in different categories with the aim of directing young people to relevant fields and enabling them to gain experience and develop their skills. Most recently, the TUNGA SAYE UAV Team, affiliated with the BARÜ Aviation and Space Club, succeeded in becoming a finalist in the TEKNOFEST 2025 “Fighting UAV Competition.” In the competition, where a total of 693 teams applied, "TUNGA SAYE" was among the first 40 finalists and participated in 4 different matches held at Çanakkale Gökçeada Airport.
Consisting of an interdisciplinary team where students from different faculties and programs come together, the design, assembly, and calibration stages were meticulously carried out by the members of the TUNGA SAYE UAV Team. Bringing the aircraft platform to a mission-ready state with their own knowledge and efforts, the team handled the system setup, testing processes, and software integrations. Successfully passing the mechanical, communication, and RF test controls in the competition area and qualifying for flight, “TUNGA SAYE” demonstrated its performance on the field.
In the Tunga Saye UAV Team, for which Res. Asst. Şuheda Kaltakkıran from the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture, and Design serves as the academic advisor; Tuğçenur Araz, Bochra Nettour, Cennet Altekin, Duygu Gül, Zeynep Yorulmaz, Mert Özgökçeler, Azzam Al-Mekhlafı, Yousif Alramdhan, Şevval Pişkin, İlknur Sema Işık, Zeyneb Şenol, Kardelen Yurdakul, Taha Enes Baykurt, Mustafa Işık, Abderraouf Nettour, Yağmur Dinç, and Oğuzhan Demirbaş take part.
Congratulating the team members for their dedicated work, BARÜ Rector Prof. Dr. Ahmet Akkaya stated, “It has made us extremely proud that our students exhibited a successful performance as finalists in the ‘Fighting UAV Competition’ within the scope of TEKNOFEST 2025 with the unmanned aerial vehicle they developed themselves. I sincerely congratulate the TUNGA SAYE UAV Team and their advisors for taking part as finalists in this important competition that contributes to Turkey’s national technology move, and I wish them continued success. I also would like to thank our Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the T3 Foundation, Mr. Selçuk Bayraktar, for paving the way for our youth in technology development.”
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