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Bayraktar Kizilelma

aerialpilotby Baykar

Unmanned combat aircraft with serial production beginning August 2025.

Track Bayraktar Kizilelma
Manufacturer
Baykar
Form factor
aerial
Maturity
pilot
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
1
Website
baykartech.com ↗

Overview

Unmanned combat aircraft with serial production beginning August 2025. First BVR air-to-air kill by UAV in November 2025.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
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Key facts

Form Factor

aerial

Maturity

prototype

Unmanned fighter role

Baykar describes Bayraktar KIZILELMA as an unmanned fighter aircraft for air-to-air and strike missions (Bayraktar KIZILELMA).

Published aircraft specifications

Baykar lists a 10 metre wingspan, 14.5 metre length, 8,500 kg maximum takeoff weight, and 1,500 kg payload for KIZILELMA (Bayraktar KIZILELMA).

Internal weapons testing

Baykar reported that KIZILELMA completed firing tests from its internal weapons bay (KIZILELMA internal weapons bay test).

Data & sources

Web sources

3

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Pricing

No verified price is on record for Bayraktar Kizilelma. 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 Kizilelma.

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

Sources (3)

  1. https://www.turkiyetoday.com/nation/kizilelma-unmanned-combat-aircraft-enters-serial-production-delivery-expected-2026-3205024
  2. https://www.baykartech.com/en/uav/bayraktar-kizilelma/
  3. https://baykartech.com/en/press/kizilelma-successfully-completes-first-firing-tests-from-its-internal-weapons-bay/

Common questions

What is Bayraktar Kizilelma?
Unmanned combat aircraft with serial production beginning August 2025. First BVR air-to-air kill by UAV in November 2025.
How much does Bayraktar Kizilelma cost?
Bayraktar Kizilelma's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Bayraktar Kizilelma 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 Kizilelma actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. Bayraktar Kizilelma 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 Kizilelma?
Bayraktar Kizilelma is made by Baykar, based in Istanbul, Turkey, founded in 1984.
Where is Bayraktar Kizilelma deployed?
1 verified deployment of Bayraktar Kizilelma is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Çorlu, Tekirdağ, Turkey (Kizilelma).
Can you buy Bayraktar Kizilelma?
Bayraktar Kizilelma is in pilot deployments with named customers and is not yet broadly for sale.
What are alternatives to Bayraktar Kizilelma?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable aerial robots to Bayraktar Kizilelma include Wing Delivery Aircraft, Skydio X10, Zipline Platform 2 (P2), Prime Air MK30.
How does Bayraktar Kizilelma compare to Wing Delivery Aircraft?
Bayraktar Kizilelma and Wing Delivery Aircraft (Wing · 35 deployments) are both aerial robots on the DEPLOY registry. Bayraktar Kizilelma has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
Is Bayraktar Kizilelma a top aerial?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Bayraktar Kizilelma ranks in roughly the top 74% of aerial models tracked by the registry.
What is Bayraktar Kizilelma's maturity stage?
Bayraktar Kizilelma is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.
Is Bayraktar Kizilelma safe?
Bayraktar Kizilelma 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 2026-10-10

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: aerial

Sources by quality tier

3
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Unclassified source

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

Methodology surface for Bayraktar Kizilelma.

Recent coverage

Bayraktar Kizilelma in third-party press

KIZILELMA için seri üretim müjdesi: İlk teslimat bu yıl! İmzalar atıldı

Sep 5, 2026

Bayraktar Kizilelma Fires From Internal Weapons Bay

Aug 1, 2026

Baykar's Kizilelma to replace fighter jets in 30 years: Bayraktar

Jul 2, 2026