{"id":"ee46b32d-9028-4863-b282-391923a46392","companyId":"f1366003-2a4b-42c4-a78a-3fa728b7e648","modelName":"Bayraktar TB2","slug":"baykar-bayraktar-tb2","description":"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.","formFactor":"aerial","maturityStage":"production","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified (deepest combat record of any armed drone)","value":"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."},{"label":"AI-substance: REMOTELY-PILOTED w/ autonomous flight functions (honest)","value":"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."},{"label":"Maturity = production (TB2, Akinci); Kizilelma = early/pre-fielding","value":"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)."},{"label":"Claimed but NOT verified / discrepancy","value":"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).","formFactor":"aerial (medium-altitude armed UAV; + larger HALE UCAV + jet UCAV)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baykar_Bayraktar_TB2","title":"Bayraktar TB2 (800+ built, ~1M flight hours, 34+ countries, combat in 5+ conflicts)","sourceName":"Wikipedia"},{"url":"https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/ac-turkey-defense-journal/interview-with-haluk-bayraktar/","title":"Baykar leadership (Selcuk CTO / Haluk CEO; TB2 development)","sourceName":"Atlantic Council"},{"url":"https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2026/tuerkiyes-baykar-ramps-up-akinci-combat-drone-production-toward-120-units-by-2026","title":"Baykar Akinci production toward 120 units by 2026 (110 delivered Jan 2026)","sourceName":"Army Recognition"},{"url":"https://www.turkiyetoday.com/nation/baykar-sets-22b-export-record-kizilelma-to-enter-inventory-in-2026-3213966","title":"Baykar $2.2B export record; Kizilelma to enter inventory 2026","sourceName":"Turkiye Today"}],"aliases":["Bayraktar TB2","TB2","Baykar Akinci","Bayraktar Kizilelma"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T20:35:32.127Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T20:35:32.127Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/baykar-bayraktar-tb2","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/baykar-bayraktar-tb2","name":"Bayraktar TB2","alternateName":["Bayraktar TB2","TB2","Baykar Akinci","Bayraktar Kizilelma"],"description":"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.","identifier":"ee46b32d-9028-4863-b282-391923a46392","category":"aerial","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}