Baykar

Baykar is a Turkish company that designs and builds unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Its website calls it Türkiye's first technology company to develop indigenous UAVs. The company started in 1986 as Baykar Makina, making machine parts for the auto industry, and began UAV research in 2000. Its R&D and production facility is near Istanbul.

Aircraft and systems

• Bayraktar TB2: tactical armed UAV, 12 m wingspan, 27 hours in the air, 120 knots top speed, more than 1,250,000 flight hours across the fleet
• Bayraktar AKINCI: high altitude UAV, 20 m wingspan, 8.5 tons maximum take-off weight, 1.5 tons payload, 40,000 ft flight altitude, altitude record of 45,118 ft
• Bayraktar KIZILELMA: unmanned fighter aircraft, 25,000 ft service ceiling, 21+ hours endurance, 280 kg payload
• Bayraktar TB3: ship-based UAV, flown from TCG Anadolu
• Bayraktar KALKAN DİHA: vertical take-off UAV with 100 km range
• KEMANKEŞ 1 and KEMANKEŞ 2: mini cruise missiles with AI
• Bayraktar Mini UAV: portable system carried in a bag

What else Baykar does

• Command, control, communication, computer and intelligence (C4I) systems and central command and control
• Avionics, subsystems, simulators and payload systems
• Network centric software
• Payload and UAV operator training
• Forest fire fighting support
• After-sales services
• Future projects: FERGANİ space systems, artificial intelligence and the Cezeri flying car

Company facts

• Founded 1986; first autonomous flight test with its own electronics and software in 2004
• First delivery of the Bayraktar Mini UAV in 2007
• Exports to 39 countries and more than 1,000 UAVs delivered, according to the company
• More than 8,500 employees
• 93 percent localisation rate, with self-financed R&D in a certified R&D centre

Contact

Details from the company's website, October 2026.