Yucel Demir

Entrepreneur

KUZGUN Aerospace INC (established later)

ANKARA, Türkiye

40 years of experience in Aero-Defense Ind. Airships will be one of the future Surveillance & Reconnaissance aerial vehicle for border & civil security.

My organisation

KUZGUN Aerospace INC (established later)

Other

ANKARA, Türkiye

Ø We are a group of engineers/entrepreneurs with more than 30 years of experience in Aerospace & Defence Ind. from Türkiye. Ø Our company (KUZGUN Ltd.) was founded in 2007 and closed in 2015 (micro start-up company). Ø We continue our Airship projects as an entrepreneur even though the company was closed. Ø We are on the edge to establish a new one (KUZGUN Aerospace Inc). Ø Two prototypes of Lighter Than Air vehicle concepts were completed: KUZGUN_1 Unmanned Airship & KUZGUN_A1 Tethered Airship. Ø Specifications of KUZGUN_1 Unmanned Airship: All Electrical (LiPo batteries), Rigid type, Composite Structure, Modular. Ø KUZGUN_1 Unmanned Airship & KUZGUN_A1 Tethered Airship was supported by governmental agencies: Tübitak and Kosgeb Ø Patent application has completed and patent was granted: "A MODULAR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE _ TR 2011 03453 B” ØPlease check our flight tests**:** https://youtu.be/RoETD_yb9Fg.

About me

SUMMARY

# Entrepreneur, Mentor, Expert, Independent Evaluator (R&D Projects)

#Project Idea, Management & Design-Production periods of first Turkish Airship Projects: KUZGUN_1 Unmanned Airship, KUZGUN_A1 Tethered Airship. Patent granted “TR 2011 03453 B_A MODULAR UNMANNED AERIAL AIRVEHICLE”

# Design & Manufacturing Experience” using CAD/CAM tools (over 30 years): A400M, ZİU, F16, CN235 Aircraft, KUZGUN Airships.

EXPERIENCE

# 2015 – Present:Freelance Engineer

Mentor, Expert, Independent Evaluator: TUBITAK (1507, 1512, 1601), Ankara & Mevlana Development Agencies, Global Clean-tech Innovation Programme (GCIP).

# 2015 – Present:Entrepreneur

Even though our company was closed, we continue to develop our lighter-than-air vehicle projects. We are on the verge of establish a new company (KUZGUN Aerospace Inc).

# 2007 – 2015 General Manager / Shareholder

KUZGUN High Technology Design Ltd. Co., Ankara

The company was founded in 2007 and closed in 2015.

Main focus: Research, design and development of unmanned airships for reconnaissance and surveillance missions.

Completed projects:

KUZGUN_1 Unmanned Airship, KUZGUN_A1 Tethered Airship.

Please check the flight test video: https://youtu.be/RoETD_yb9Fg

# 1998 – 2005 Senior Structural Design Engineer in R&D Dept.

TAI-TUSAŞ Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc., Ankara

Team Leader of Turkish engineers during the SAM period of A400M aircraft in EU countries.

Design of Center Fuselage of Space Allocation Mockup of A400M, Emergency Exit Door & Lower Frame of A400M for M4 period.

# 1990 – 1998Senior CNC Engineer/Programmer in Production Planning & Control Dept.

TAI-TUSAŞ Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc., Ankara

CNC programming of bulkheads and wing parts of F16 & CASA CN235 aircrafts

# 1986 – 1989Mechanical Design Engineer in Research & Development Dept.

ASELSAN Military Electronics Industries Inc., Ankara

AWARDS

# 3rd Prize (KUZGUN_1 Unmanned Airship Project)

Technopolis Innovation Project Competition in Science & Engineering. Hacettepe University Technopolis (Technovation 2011)

# Finalist (KUZGUN_1 Unmanned Airship Project)

9 th Technology Competition 2010 TÜBİTAK, TÜSİAD, TTGV

COMPUTER SKILLS

# CATIA V3-V4-V5 CAD/CAM Applications (over 20.000 hrs.)

# EDS - UNIGRAPHICS CAD/CAM Applications (over 5.000 hrs.)

# CADDS5 CAD Applications (over 1000 hrs)

# Microsoft office tools

EDUCATION

# 1986 - 1989 M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara

# 1981 - 1986 B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara

Social media

Skills

innovation
Team management
Problem solving
Security

Interests

airships
unmanned airvehicles

Marketplace (3)

Product
KUZGUN Unmanned Airships
Unmanned Airships are one of the best aerial vehicles for reconnaissance & surveillance. They can be used border & civil security.
- C4ISR
- Security
- Border control
- Security against fire
- Crisis response and recovery
- Security against emergencies
- Aerial Systems and Equipment
- Aerial systems and equipments
- Weather, climatic and geological disasters
Author
Yucel Demir
Entrepreneur at KUZGUN Aerospace INC (established later)
ANKARA, Türkiye
Product
KUZGUN Unmanned Airships
Unmanned Airships are one of the best aerial vehicles for reconnaissance & surveillance. They can be used border & civil security.
- C4ISR
- Security
- Border control
- Security against fire
- Crisis response and recovery
- Security against emergencies
- Aerial Systems and Equipment
- Aerial systems and equipments
- Weather, climatic and geological disasters
Author
Yucel Demir
Entrepreneur at KUZGUN Aerospace INC (established later)
ANKARA, Türkiye
Project cooperation
Airships for defence & security
Unmanned Airships are one of the best aerial vehicles for reconnaissance & surveillance. Airships can be used border & civil security.
- Research and Innovation Action
- HORIZON-CL3-2025-BM - BORDER MANAGEMENT
- Execution - Development stage (preparation)
- HORIZON-CL3-2025-DRS - DISASTER RESILIENT SOCIETY
- HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-02: Open topic on secured and facilitated crossing of external borders
- HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-BM-01: Open topic on efficient border surveillance and maritime security
- HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-DRS-01: Open topic on citizen and regional and/or local authorities' engagement in enhanced disaster risk awareness, including education, and preparedness
- HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-DRS-04: Advancing autonomous systems and robotics for high-risk disaster response, strengthening disaster resilience in conflict-afflicted crisis zones
- HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-DRS-02: Open topic on Improving disaster risk management and governance to ensure self-sufficiency and sustainability of operations in support of enhanced resilience
- HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-DRS-03: Open topic on testing / validating tools, technologies and data used in cross-border prevention, preparedness and responses to climate extreme and geological events and chemical, biological or radiological emergency threats
Author
Yucel Demir
Entrepreneur at KUZGUN Aerospace INC (established later)
ANKARA, Türkiye