Facts

• Segment: Defense
• Country: Turkey
• Founded: 1986
• Website: https://baykartech.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Commercial
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Operations / Deployments
• Team
• Supply chain relationships
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Sources

Summary

Baykar develops unmanned aircraft systems, combat drones and autonomous aviation technologies in Turkey. Its Bayraktar TB2 and AKINCI platforms are used for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and strike missions, supported by in-house flight-control and mission systems.

Market context

Baykar is one of the most important non-U. S. drone manufacturers in the defence UAV market. TB2 created large export and battlefield visibility, while AKINCI, TB3, KIZILELMA, and engine-localisation work move Baykar toward a broader unmanned combat aircraft stack.

Products

• Bayraktar AKINCI
• Bayraktar TB2

Facts

• Website: https://baykartech.com/
• HQ: Istanbul, Turkey
• Founded: 1986
• Segment: Defense

Commercial

1 commercial event; 1 commercial order; latest event 2026-05-06

• 2026-05-06 - Commercial order - Baykar signs first KIZILELMA export agreement with Indonesia - source: aa.com.tr

Turkish uncrewed aircraft systems company

Baykar develops uncrewed aircraft systems including Bayraktar TB2, TB3, AKINCI and KIZILELMA for ISR, strike and autonomous flight missions.

• Target environment: Defence airspace, ISR missions, maritime operations, aircraft-carrier operations, contested airspace and tactical drone deployments.
• Deployment model: Defence UAS platform development, production and export through Baykar's Bayraktar aircraft families.
• Customer context: Armed forces, defence ministries, naval aviation users and countries adopting tactical or strategic UAV systems.
• Workflow context: ISR, reconnaissance, surveillance, strike missions, autonomous takeoff and landing, maritime operations and uncrewed combat aviation.
• Commercial maturity: Commercially mature defence UAV manufacturer with exported platforms and active expansion into advanced uncrewed combat aircraft.
• Market position: Defence drone manufacturer spanning tactical MALE UAVs, carrier-capable UAVs and uncrewed combat aircraft.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on export permissions, engine supply, combat validation, maintenance support, payload integration and military procurement cycles.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes MALE UAVs, UCAVs, loitering systems, autonomous aircraft and Turkish defence aerospace.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-06-16 - Regulatory - Italy conditionally approves Leonardo and Baykar drone joint venture - The approval concerns the 50/50 Leonardo-Baykar UAV joint venture now branded LBA Systems.
• 2026-05-12 - Partnership - Safran and Baykar partner to integrate Euroflir and PNT technologies into TB2 drones - Safran and Baykar signed a partnership to integrate Safran Euroflir optronic systems and PNT technologies…
• 2026-05-07 - Partnership - Baykar signs robotic UAV production-line agreement with Gruppo Esea - Baykar signed an agreement with Italian engineering firm Gruppo Esea at SAHA 2026 to establish a fully robotic production…
• 2026-05-06 - Commercial Order - Baykar signs first KIZILELMA export agreement with Indonesia - Baykar signed its first export agreement for the Bayraktar KIZILELMA unmanned combat aircraft with Indonesia.
• 2026-04-24 - Product Launch - Baykar unveils K2 Kamikaze UAV and Sivrisinek loitering munition swarm concept - Baykar demonstrated the K2 Kamikaze UAV and Sivrisinek loitering munition in a swarm flight before SAHA 2026.
• 2026-01-31 - Market Signal - Baykar reports $2.2 billion in 2025 exports and UCAV export leadership - Baykar announced $2.2 billion in exports for 2025 and said 88 percent of its revenue came from international sales.
• 2025-07-29 - Partnership - LBA Systems proposes Leonardo payloads for Baykar UAS at IDEF 2025 - Leonardo proposed payload integrations for Baykar unmanned aircraft through the LBA Systems joint venture at IDEF 2025.
• 2025-06-16 - Company Formation - Leonardo and Baykar establish LBA Systems unmanned technologies joint venture - Leonardo and Baykar established LBA Systems as a 50:50 joint venture dedicated to unmanned technologies.
• 2025-03-11 - Capability - Bayraktar AKINCI surpasses 100,000 flight hours - Baykar announced that Bayraktar AKINCI surpassed 100,000 flight hours.
• 2025-03-06 - Partnership - Leonardo and Baykar sign MoU for unmanned technologies joint venture - Leonardo and Baykar signed an MoU for development of unmanned technologies.
• 2025-02-22 - Product Launch - Baykar flies turbo-engine Bayraktar TB2T-AI UCAV - Baykar announced the first flight of Bayraktar TB2T-AI, a turbo-engine and AI-enabled variant of the TB2 UCAV.
• 2024-10-24 - Market Signal - Baykar plans $300 million jet-engine investment to localize UAV powerplants - Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar said the company planned to invest $300 million to develop jet engines.
• 2024-09-11 - Capability - First Bayraktar TB2 airframe retires after more than 10,000 flight hours - Baykar retired the first Bayraktar TB2 airframe to enter service after it surpassed 10,000 flight hours.
• 2024-05-07 - Capability - Bayraktar AKINCI hits moving and fixed naval targets in firing tests - Baykar said Bayraktar AKINCI successfully completed firing tests against moving and fixed targets at sea.
• 2021-01-25 - Research Publication - UNMANNED IMPACT AVIATION COMPLEX TASKS «BAYRAKTAR TB2» - The article addresses operational tasks for the Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aviation complex.

Operations / Deployments

• 2026-05-07 - Partnership - Baykar signs robotic UAV production-line agreement with Gruppo Esea - Baykar signed an agreement with Italian engineering firm Gruppo Esea at SAHA 2026 to establish a fully robotic production…

Team

• Haluk Bayraktar - Chief Executive Officer
• Selçuk Bayraktar - Chairman of the Board and Chief Technology Officer

Supply chain relationships

• Romanian Ministry of National Defence - Bayraktar TB2 supplier - Romanian Land Forces began reception of the first Bayraktar TB2 UAS from Baykar.

Relationships

• Leonardo - partner - Leonardo has a public partnership relationship with Baykar.
• technology_partner - Baykar and Gruppo Esea signed a robotic UAV production-line agreement at SAHA 2026.
• Leonardo - LBA Systems joint-venture partner - Leonardo and Baykar formed the 50/50 LBA Systems joint venture for unmanned aerial systems.
• commercial_order - Baykar signed its first KIZILELMA export agreement with Indonesia for up to 48 unmanned combat aircraft.

Context tags

• Defence UAV builder - Peer Group - Baykar builds Bayraktar TB2, AKINCI and other unmanned combat aerial systems.
• Tactical ISR - Workflow - AKINCI is positioned for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance missions.
• Defence customers - Customer Environment - Baykar UAVs are designed for defence and security customers.
• Unmanned aircraft OEM - Stack Layer - Baykar builds complete unmanned aircraft systems.
• Contested defence environments - Customer Environment - AKINCI is designed for land and maritime defence domains.
• Autonomous mission execution - Capability - ISTAR and combat UAV mission roles support mission-execution relevance.
• Autonomous flight - Capability - Baykar builds unmanned combat aircraft; specific autonomy should stay platform-specific.
• Commercial deployment - Commercial Stage - Baykar has mature exported defence UAV product lines.
• Loitering precision strike - Workflow - Baykar builds combat UAVs, but do not overstate loitering munition identity.

Customers and deployments

• Ordered Aircraft - up to 48 KIZILELMA aircraft - 2026-05-06 - Indonesia - unmanned combat aircraft export order - Baykar signed its first Bayraktar KIZILELMA export agreement with Indonesia, covering delivery of up to 4…