Product profile
Bayraktar AKINCI
Bayraktar AKINCI is Baykar twin-engine unmanned combat aircraft for long-endurance strategic missions. It is built for ISTAR, strike and maritime roles, ca...
Facts
- Company
- Baykar
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- commercial
- Website
- https://baykartech.com/en/uav/bayraktar-akinci/
About Bayraktar AKINCI
AKINCI has a maximum take-off weight of approximately six tonnes and carries up to 1.5 tonnes of payload across internal and external stations. Twin turboprop engines support missions above 24 hours and altitudes reaching 40,000 feet, while satellite communications extend operation beyond direct radio range.
The sensor suite can include electro-optical imaging, AESA radar, signals intelligence and maritime-surveillance payloads. AKINCI carries guided bombs, missiles and stand-off weapons for land and maritime missions, with redundant flight controls and autonomous taxi, take-off, cruise and landing integrated into the aircraft system.
Market context
aircraft, defence, fielded_ucav
Summary
Type: Combat UAV
Core: High-altitude ISR
Function: ISR / strike
Audience: Defense
Specifications
- ceiling
- 12,192 m / 40,000 ft service ceiling; 9,144 m / 30,000 ft operational altitude
- communication
- LOS and BLOS communication
- cruise_speed_mps_range
- 77.2-123.5 m/s maximum cruise speed / 150-240 KTAS m/s
- endurance_hours
- 24+ hours h
- launch_recovery
- Autonomous takeoff, landing, cruise, and taxi
- max_takeoff_weight
- 6,000 kg MTOW
- payload_capacity_kg
- 1,500 kg kg
- payload_options
- Simultaneous EO/IR/LD, multi-mode AESA radar, SIGINT, laser-guided munitions, missiles, and long-range weapons
- propulsion
- 2 x 450 hp / 2 x 750 hp / 2 x 850 hp twin turboprop
- range
- 6,000 km operational range
- task_scope
- ISR, strike, and long-range unmanned combat missions
Operations
- Product detail
- aircraft, defence, fielded_ucav
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Italy conditionally approves Leonardo and Baykar drone joint venture — 2026-06-16
- Safran and Baykar partner to integrate Euroflir and PNT technologies into TB2 drones — 2026-05-12
- Gruppo Esea wins Baykar robotic production-line contract — 2026-05-07
- Baykar signs robotic UAV production-line agreement with Gruppo Esea — 2026-05-07
- Baykar signs first KIZILELMA export agreement with Indonesia — 2026-05-06
- Baykar unveils K2 Kamikaze UAV and Sivrisinek loitering munition swarm concept — 2026-04-24
- Baykar reports $2.2 billion in 2025 exports and UCAV export leadership — 2026-01-31
- LBA Systems proposes Leonardo payloads for Baykar UAS at IDEF 2025 — 2025-07-29