first unmanned fighter jet has just hit the production line but the centerpiece here is the drone everyone is talking about. it is a tactical class uav and it s doing what it was designed to do, and what it was operated to do. reporter: in this exclusive cnn interview, he measures his words carefully. he is also the son-in-law of the turkish president, who maintains close ties with both russia and ukraine and has emerged as a key mediator. you know, i don t want to be brag about giving their lives up, people are risking and defending their homeland from an illegal occupation. that s what brave people of ukraine and its leadership has done. just at the same time, of course, you need technology. you need, you know, high-tech and you need your own indigenous defense capacity.
this production facility here in turkey but because of the nature of this industry, we are very restricted in what we can film and what we can show. the drone s creator gives us a mostly off camera tour of the bayraktar defense company s headquarters in istanbul. the company s pride turkey s first unmanned fighter jet has just hit the production line. but the centerpiece here is the drone everyone is talking about. bayraktar tb 2 is a tactical class uav and it s doing what it was designed to do, and what it was operated to do. reporter: in this exclusive cnn interview, bayraktar measures his words carefully. he is also the son-in-law of the turkish president, who maintains close ties with both russia and ukraine and has emerged as a key mediator. i don t want to brag about technology. people are giving their lives up, people are risking and