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Bayraktar Akinci

aerialproductionby Baykar

High-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicle.

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

Overview

High-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicle. Joined Turkish Armed Forces in August 2021. 110 delivered by January 2026.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
production(Full-scale production deployment with repeat customers.)
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Key facts

Form Factor

aerial

Maturity

production

Strategic unmanned aircraft

Baykar describes Bayraktar AKINCI as a strategic unmanned combat aerial vehicle for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and strike missions (Bayraktar AKINCI).

Payload and airframe

Baykar lists the AKINCI with a 20 meter wingspan, 6,000 kilogram maximum takeoff weight, and 1,500 kilogram payload capacity (Bayraktar AKINCI).

Flight-hours milestone

Baykar reported that the Bayraktar AKINCI fleet surpassed 100,000 flight hours (AKINCI flight-hours milestone).

Data & sources

Web sources

3

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Pricing

No verified price is on record for Bayraktar Akinci. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

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Deployments (1)

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Recent activity

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Bayraktar Akinci.

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Sources (3)

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baykar_Bayraktar_TB2
  2. https://baykartech.com/en/uav/bayraktar-akinci/
  3. https://www.baykartech.com/en/press/bayraktar-akinci-surpasses-100000-flight-hours

Common questions

What is Bayraktar Akinci?
High-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicle. Joined Turkish Armed Forces in August 2021. 110 delivered by January 2026.
How much does Bayraktar Akinci cost?
Bayraktar Akinci's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Bayraktar Akinci from Baykar. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Bayraktar Akinci actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. Bayraktar Akinci 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.
Who makes Bayraktar Akinci?
Bayraktar Akinci is made by Baykar, based in Istanbul, Turkey, founded in 1984.
Where is Bayraktar Akinci deployed?
1 verified deployment of Bayraktar Akinci is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Çorlu, Tekirdağ, Turkey.
Can you buy Bayraktar Akinci?
Bayraktar Akinci is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.
What are alternatives to Bayraktar Akinci?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable aerial robots to Bayraktar Akinci include Wing Delivery Aircraft, Skydio X10, Zipline Platform 2 (P2), Prime Air MK30.
How does Bayraktar Akinci compare to Wing Delivery Aircraft?
Bayraktar Akinci and Wing Delivery Aircraft (Wing · 35 deployments) are both aerial robots on the DEPLOY registry. Bayraktar Akinci has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
Is Bayraktar Akinci a top aerial?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Bayraktar Akinci ranks in roughly the top 73% of aerial models tracked by the registry.
What is Bayraktar Akinci's maturity stage?
Bayraktar Akinci is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.
Is Bayraktar Akinci safe?
Bayraktar Akinci has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-09

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-09

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: aerial

Sources by quality tier

2
unclassified
Unclassified source
1
knowledge-base
Knowledge base

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

Methodology surface for Bayraktar Akinci.

Recent coverage

Bayraktar Akinci in third-party press

Royal Saudi Navy Prepares to Deploy AKINCI UCAV Following Crew Graduation

Sep 27, 2026

Bayraktar Akinci Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV), Turkey

Jun 26, 2026

Baykar and EDGE to integrate Al Tariq PGM onto Akinci UAV

May 19, 2026