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Bayraktar TB2

Baykar, a privately held Turkish family firm founded in the 1980s by Ozdemir Bayraktar and led today by chief technology officer Selcuk Bayraktar, who…

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Manufacturer
Baykar
Form factor
aerial
Maturity
production
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
1
Website
baykartech.com ↗

Appears inMilitary & defense drones

Overview

Baykar, a privately held Turkish family firm founded in the 1980s by Ozdemir Bayraktar and led today by chief technology officer Selcuk Bayraktar, who developed the platform, and chief executive Haluk Bayraktar, makes the Bayraktar TB2, the most combat-proven armed drone in the world. The TB2 is a medium-altitude armed uncrewed aircraft with more than twenty hours of endurance, a 150-kilogram payload, and Roketsan laser-guided munitions, flown with triple-redundant flight control that handles autonomous taxi, takeoff, cruise, and landing. More than 800 have been built, accumulating roughly a million flight hours by December 2024, and they have seen combat in Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Ukraine, and Ethiopia, the deepest verified combat record of any armed drone and the platform's distinguishing registry fact. The company also builds the larger twin-engine Akinci, with 110 delivered by January 2026, and the jet-powered Kizilelma, which has five prototypes and two serial aircraft with a first Turkish Armed Forces delivery expected in the first quarter of 2026, and it reported a 2.2-billion-dollar export record in 2025. Honestly characterized, the TB2 is remotely piloted with autonomous flight functions but a human in the loop for targeting and weapons release, not a fully autonomous AI strike drone, while Kizilelma is being developed toward higher autonomy but remains pre-fielding. The registry records the TB2 and Akinci at production maturity and Kizilelma as an early, pre-fielding sibling, and notes that the export-country count has a thirty-four-versus-twenty-eight discrepancy across sources, that the 250-per-year production figure is an unaudited capacity claim, and that the 2.2-billion-dollar export figure is company and Turkish-media sourced.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
production(Full-scale production deployment with repeat customers.)
Verified deployments
1 deployment on file
Sources on file
6 sources, view all

Key facts

Payload

150 kg

Runtime

20+ hours

Operating speed

~120 kt

Height

25,000 ft ceiling

Weight

700 kg MTOW

Specs

Notes

Verified (deepest combat record of any armed drone): Baykar (private, Turkey/Istanbul; founded 1980s by Ozdemir Bayraktar; Selcuk Bayraktar CTO + chief TB2 developer, Haluk Bayraktar CEO). TB2: 800+ built, ~1M cumulative flight hours by Dec 2024; combat-used in Syria (2020), Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh (2020), Ukraine (2022+), Ethiopia. The TB2's distinguishing registry fact is its combat-proven record. $2.2B 2025 export record., AI-substance: REMOTELY-PILOTED w/ autonomous flight functions (honest): TB2 has autonomous taxi/takeoff/cruise/landing but human-in-the-loop for targeting and weapons release - NOT a fully autonomous AI strike drone. Kizilelma is being developed toward higher autonomy / air-to-air roles but is pre-fielding. Classify TB2 as remotely-piloted with partial flight autonomy., Maturity = production (TB2, Akinci); Kizilelma = early/pre-fielding: TB2 is mass-produced and most combat-proven; Akinci in serial delivery (110+). Kizilelma is crossing prototype->serial with no confirmed operational fielding (a lower-maturity sibling within the same Company)., Claimed but NOT verified / discrepancy: Export-country count: 34+ (latest press) vs Baykar's own earlier '28' - sourced range, flag the discrepancy. TB2 annual production '250/yr' (ambition to 500/yr) is a capacity claim, not independently audited. Kizilelma 'enters inventory 2026' is forward-looking. $2.2B export figure is Baykar/Turkish-media sourced.

Specs

Bayraktar TB2: MALE armed UAV, 20+ hr endurance, ~120 kt, 25,000 ft ceiling, 150 kg payload, 700 kg MTOW; Roketsan MAM laser-guided munitions + Cirit; triple-redundant flight control with autonomous taxi/takeoff/cruise/landing. Akinci: larger twin-engine HALE UCAV (110 delivered by Jan 2026). Kizilelma: jet-powered UCAV (5 prototypes + 2 serial; first TAF delivery expected Q1 2026; pre-fielding).

Range km

300

Endurance

27 h

Max speed

110 KTAS

Weight kg

700

Form Factor

aerial (medium-altitude armed UAV; + larger HALE UCAV + jet UCAV)

Payload kg

150

Data & sources

Press releases

1

Web sources

5

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Availability and pricing

Availability
Not sold (internal use)
Price
$2M to $5M (actual sale price)as of 2025-02-01
Units in field
Not disclosed
Sales model
Not disclosed
Lead time
Not disclosed

Pricing

One-time purchase

$2,000,000 - $5,000,000 USDactual sale priceas of 2025-02-01

Source: Bayraktar TB2 (Wikipedia)

Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.

Prices verified as of Feb 1, 2025

Deployments (1)

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Full change history →

Previous generation

The historical entries remain on the registry for reference; current coverage tracks this generation.

Manufacturer-attributed media (1)

Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Baykar

Baykar footage of its Bayraktar TB2 UCAV (Operation Olive Branch). A remotely-piloted combat drone, not autonomous, despite later-marketed 'autonomous recovery' features.

Safety record

No incidents on record for Bayraktar TB2.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (6)

  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
  5. https://baykartech.com/en/uav/bayraktar-tb2/
  6. https://baykartech.com/en/press/turkish-drone-maker-baykar-exports-bayraktar-tb2-to-28-countries/

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Common questions

What is Bayraktar TB2?
Baykar, a privately held Turkish family firm founded in the 1980s by Ozdemir Bayraktar and led today by chief technology officer Selcuk Bayraktar, who developed the platform, and chief executive Haluk Bayraktar, makes the Bayraktar TB2, the most combat-proven armed drone in the world. The TB2 is a medium-altitude armed uncrewed aircraft with more than twenty hours of endurance, a 150-kilogram payload, and Roketsan laser-guided munitions, flown with triple-redundant flight control that handles autonomous taxi, takeoff, cruise, and landing. More than 800 have been built, accumulating roughly a million flight hours by December 2024, and they have seen combat in Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Ukraine, and Ethiopia, the deepest verified combat record of any armed drone and the platform's distinguishing registry fact. The company also builds the larger twin-engine Akinci, with 110 delivered by January 2026, and the jet-powered Kizilelma, which has five prototypes and two serial aircraft with a first Turkish Armed Forces delivery expected in the first quarter of 2026, and it reported a 2.2-billion-dollar export record in 2025. Honestly characterized, the TB2 is remotely piloted with autonomous flight functions but a human in the loop for targeting and weapons release, not a fully autonomous AI strike drone, while Kizilelma is being developed toward higher autonomy but remains pre-fielding. The registry records the TB2 and Akinci at production maturity and Kizilelma as an early, pre-fielding sibling, and notes that the export-country count has a thirty-four-versus-twenty-eight discrepancy across sources, that the 250-per-year production figure is an unaudited capacity claim, and that the 2.2-billion-dollar export figure is company and Turkish-media sourced.
How much does Bayraktar TB2 cost?
Bayraktar TB2 is listed at $2,000,000 to $5,000,000 on the DEPLOY registry. This is an actual sale price on record.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baykar_Bayraktar_TB2
Is Bayraktar TB2 actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. Bayraktar TB2 is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
What are the specs of Bayraktar TB2?
Bayraktar TB2's recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Range: 300 km; Endurance: 27 h; Max speed: 110 KTAS; Weight: 700 kg; Payload: 150 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.
Who makes Bayraktar TB2?
Bayraktar TB2 is made by Baykar, based in Istanbul, Turkey, founded in 1984.
Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-15

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-15

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: aerial

Sources by quality tier

4
unclassified
Unclassified source
1
knowledge-base
Knowledge base
1
primary-company-ir
Company IR disclosure

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Bayraktar TB2.

Recent coverage

Bayraktar TB2 in third-party press

M-346 Military Jet Leads Baykar UCAV in Autonomous Formation Flight - Aviation International News

Jun 23, 2026

Leonardo and Baykar test M-346 and KIZILELMA teaming in first live K-SWARM autonomous formation flights - Defence Industry Europe

Jun 22, 2026

Greece files diplomatic protest with France over Safran-Baykar deal - Türkiye Today

Jun 5, 2026