# Baykar: company

Canonical ID: `f1366003-2a4b-42c4-a78a-3fa728b7e648`

## Key facts

- **Product:** Bayraktar TB2 armed MALE UAV (most combat-proven armed drone); Akinci + Kizilelma.
- **Scale:** 800+ TB2 built; ~1M flight hours; 34+ export countries; combat in 5+ conflicts.
- **wikidata:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6023024
- **wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baykar

- **Slug:** baykar
- **Status:** private (family-owned)
- **Founded:** 1984
- **HQ:** Istanbul, Turkey

## Models

- [Bayraktar TB2](/models/baykar-bayraktar-tb2.md) (aerial) (id: `ee46b32d-9028-4863-b282-391923a46392`)

## Supplies to

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## Sources (4)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baykar_Bayraktar_TB2
2. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/ac-turkey-defense-journal/interview-with-haluk-bayraktar/
3. https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2026/tuerkiyes-baykar-ramps-up-akinci-combat-drone-production-toward-120-units-by-2026
4. https://www.turkiyetoday.com/nation/baykar-sets-22b-export-record-kizilelma-to-enter-inventory-in-2026-3213966

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