"Hayk's Arrow" Armenian Strategic CenterMembershipExplore Türkiye’s military and security UAV families, from long-endurance aircraft and naval drones to tactical, rotary-wing, loitering and target systems. Each model opens a source-linked profile with its published specifications, development status and image attribution.
The programmes are at different stages: manufacturer-reported service fleets coexist with shipborne trials and jet-powered prototype or production-aircraft tests. A first flight, a production announcement and military acceptance describe different milestones and are recorded separately.[10][11][14][13][9]
Export relationships include purchases, deliveries, memoranda and localization plans. These selected records are neither a complete customer list nor a current fleet census. Manufacturer statements remain attributed, source dates remain visible, and planned activity is not counted as completed production or delivery.[18][20][21][22]
Baykar reports about $0.66 billion of exports in 2021, $1.2 billion in 2022 and $1.8 billion in 2024. Its own releases disagree on the exact 2021 figure: $664 million in the 2022 announcement and $661 million in a later retrospective. The discrepancy is retained; these are company exports, not Türkiye’s total drone exports or audited unit prices.[244][245][176]
In January 2026 Baykar announced $2.2 billion in 2025 exports and $2.5 billion in revenue, with exports representing 88% of revenue. Its export-ranking claims are the company’s own characterisation. The figures are attributed company results and are not presented as an independently audited industry total.[246]
SSB reports $10.054 billion of 2025 defence and aerospace exports including defence services. This broader sector measure cannot be substituted for drone exports or directly compared with a company’s aircraft deliveries. SSB’s domestic-content percentage is likewise an aggregate methodology, not the foreign-component share of each UAV.[247]
An independent SSBülten editorial dated 10 August 2026 reports $5.787 billion in sector exports for January–July 2026 and $11.2 billion over the preceding twelve months, attributed to SSB. These cover different periods and the wider defence and aerospace sector. Neither is a completed full-year 2026 drone-export total.[248]
In a July 2024 interview Haluk Bayraktar described annual TB2 output/capacity of 250 and AKINCI output/capacity of 50, alongside future production targets. These are dated management statements. They cannot establish 2026 delivered fleets, customer allocations or a confirmed total of 110 or 120 AKINCI aircraft.[249]
The same 2024 CEO interview describes a planned $300 million engine investment over five years. It is a forward-looking investment programme, not confirmation that $300 million had already been spent, nor proof that a domestic AKINCI engine had replaced Ukrainian engines.[249][221]
Military and security UAV manufacturer
Defence electronics and systems manufacturer documenting small surveillance UAVs alongside its wider sensor portfolio.[60]
ARI-1T · ASELSAN MİUS · SAKA · SERÇE family · TEPEGÖZ
Military and security UAV manufacturer
Defence and public-security manufacturer offering armed, surveillance and FPV drone families.[61]
DOGAY · SAGAN · SONGAR
Aircraft and systems manufacturer
Turkish developer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft, associated avionics, ground systems, training and support. The selected platform register covers TB2, TB3, AKINCI and KIZILELMA; it is not a complete company catalogue.[1][3][4][5][6]
Baykar K2 · Baykar Malazgirt · Baykar MIZRAK · Baykar SİVRİSİNEK · Bayraktar AKINCI · Bayraktar KALKAN DİHA / VTOL · Bayraktar KIZILELMA · Bayraktar Mini UAV · Bayraktar TB1 / Tactical demonstrator · Bayraktar TB2 · Bayraktar TB3
UAV developer / supplier
CMC’s current defence portfolio presents SALGUR micro-UAVs and the CMCHELI unmanned helicopter.[137]
CMCHELI · SALGUR
UAV developer / supplier
Develops rotary-wing, fixed-wing VTOL, interceptor and logistics UAV systems for defence and security applications.[101]
ALKARA · BEE EATER / ARIKUŞU · CONDOR C150 · FALCON · KIRLANGIC X4A · PEREGRINE / MIKON · PUHU C75 · PUHU C100 · SUMRU
UAV developer / supplier
Turkish aviation, defence and security developer publishing two complete UAV airframes alongside subsystems.[134]
ESEN Mini UAS · GöKHUN
UAV developer / supplier
Turkish participant in the JACKAL VTOL programme with Maxwell Innovations and UK partner Flyby Technology.[131]
JACKAL
Military and security UAV manufacturer
Defence technology company whose Digital Troops portfolio includes fixed-wing VTOL and multirotor UAVs.[59]
BAHA · BOZBEY · BULUT · POYRAZ
UAV developer / supplier
Turkish supplier publishing surveillance UAVs alongside a separate agricultural product line.[145]
Raven-SP9 · SUM8FD
UAV and autonomous-systems manufacturer
Turkish manufacturer whose own heritage register preserves ARI, EFE, BORA and the KARAYEL family. The catalogue groups this former Vestel defence lineage under Lentatek, alongside KARGI documented by the corporate group and programme partners.[52][54][56]
Lentatek ARI · Lentatek BORA · Lentatek EFE · Lentatek KARAYEL family · Lentatek KARGI
UAV developer / supplier
Turkish technology company publishing the AZAB and AZAT military UAV families.[123]
AZAB · AZAT / VURAL
UAV developer / supplier
Supplier of FPV strike UAVs, fixed-wing one-way systems and interceptor drones.[111]
Skydagger DART 81 · Skydagger Hunter Drone · Skydagger RTF 3.5" MINI · Skydagger RTF 7" · Skydagger RTF 7"X · Skydagger RTF 10" · Skydagger RTF 10"X · Skydagger RTF 15" · Skydagger RTF 15" PLUS · Skydagger TOYCA 05 · Skydagger TOYCA 10
Military and security UAV manufacturer
Defence engineering company with a portfolio of tactical UAVs and loitering systems.[58]
ALPAGU · ALPAGU-B · ALPAGUT · BOYGA · BOYGA-B · KARGU · KARGUFPV · KUZGUN · TOGAN · TOGAN-M · TUNGA X · TURUL / STM VTOL
Military and security UAV manufacturer
Turkish technology company listing unmanned helicopters and tactical loitering UAVs; MERKÜT is developed with SAVX.[62]
ALPİN / ALPİN 2 · DELİ-2 · DELİ-2EO · DELİ-S · DUMRUL · MERKÜT
Military and security UAV manufacturer
Turkish defence-electronics manufacturer that historically documented the FEDAİ loitering family.[63]
FEDAİ
Diversified aerospace manufacturer
Turkish aerospace company active in aircraft, helicopters, unmanned systems, space systems and aerostructures. Its corporate history distinguishes establishment in 1973, the TAI joint venture in 1984 and restructuring in 2005. This register covers ANKA, AKSUNGUR and ANKA III.[2][7][8][9]
AKSUNGUR · ANKA · ANKA III · TUSAŞ GÖZCÜ · TUSAŞ Pelikan · TUSAŞ ŞİMŞEK · TUSAŞ SÜPER ŞİMŞEK · TUSAŞ TURNA
UAV developer / supplier
Turkish developer of the Çağatay VTOL family and Cengaver aerial targets, documented by its published company release.[140]
Çağatay / CGT50 · CENGAVER
UAV developer / supplier
Developer of variable-volume rotary-wing UAVs with published security and surveillance configurations.[126]
ZCQM · ZD100 · ZD200 · ZK
Canada suspended relevant permits on 5 October 2020 and cancelled the suspended permits on 12 April 2021. Its final review found credible evidence of Canadian sensors on TB2s used in Nagorno-Karabakh, Libya and Syria. These decisions concern specified permits and end-use assurances; they are not a count of aircraft supplied or destroyed.[216][217][218]
On 29 January 2024 Canada ended presumptive denial for military exports to Türkiye. Applications remain subject to case-by-case risk assessment and additional end-use assurances. The notice establishes a licensing policy; it does not itself prove resumed WESCAM deliveries or a particular contract value.[219]
In October 2020 BRP told Radio Canada International that it had suspended engine deliveries to countries with unclear usage while investigating Rotax engines in military UAVs. This is a reported corporate response concerning civilian-origin engines, distinct from Canadian export-permit decisions. It does not establish that every TB2 subsequently changed engines.[220]
Baykar’s November 2021 announcement identifies AI-450 engines on AKINCI and agreements with Ivchenko-Progress for AI-322F supply and AI-25TLT integration for MİUS, later named KIZILELMA. A Motor Sich MS500 agreement concerned an alternative under development. The contracts do not establish identical engines or completed deliveries across all aircraft.[221]
TEI’s V2025/2 brochure dates PD170 first flights on ANKA to 27 December 2018, AKSUNGUR to 4 October 2021 and TB3 to 27 October 2023. These are platform-specific engine milestones. They do not support treating PD170 as a verified fleet-wide TB2 replacement for Rotax.[222]
TEI dates the first TF6000 ground run to February 2024. A ground-running engine and a proposed future application are distinct from an aircraft integration flight or an accepted operational powerplant. No verified 2027 delivery commitment is treated here as completed integration.[223]
Baykar reported a TB2 firing test on 5 November 2020 using ASELSAN CATS designation and an inert MAM-L. ASELSAN’s June 2024 newsletter describes ASELFLIR-500 tests on TB2 and AKINCI. These announcements document Turkish sensor integration on named aircraft, not the sensor configuration of every export customer’s fleet.[224][225]
ASELSAN’s November 2025 newsletter dates AKINCI’s first integrated MURAD flight to February 2025 and KIZILELMA’s to October 2025. The month-level dates are retained. Radar flights establish an integration stage; they do not by themselves establish operational acceptance of every aircraft or all advertised radar modes.[226]
Kale identifies KTJ-1750 with ÇAKIR and KTJ-3200 variants with SOM and ATMACA. Baykar lists ÇAKIR among AKINCI’s integrated weapons. This is a missile supply-chain link; the missile’s engine is separate from the UAV’s own powerplant.[227][232]
Baykar’s 2024 retrospective identifies MAM-L, MAM-C, BOZOK and KEMANKEŞ integration on TB2. TÜBİTAK SAGE explicitly names TB2 as a BOZOK platform; Roketsan supplies the MAM family. These programme-level statements do not establish the approved weapons fit of each operator. The documented 2020 CATS/MAM-L event was an inert-munition integration test.[229][228][224][231]
On 4 November 2026 Baykar reported a TB2 test carrying 16 Skydagger FPV drones, with two released in flight and striking designated targets. This is a manufacturer-reported test of a carrier role. It is not evidence of formal service acceptance, combat use or the exact catalogue model of each carried FPV drone.[230]
Baykar dates AKINCI’s first MAM-C, MAM-L and MAM-T firing trial to 22 April 2021 and describes the test rounds as inert. Later integration lists should not be projected backwards onto this first trial or treated as evidence that every advertised store was fired that day.[231]
Baykar’s October 2026 report lists MAM variants, TOLUN, TEBER, guidance kits, ÇAKIR, EREN and SUNGUR among integrated stores. It dates the first MGK firing to 8 October. The aircraft also carried ALPAGUT, but the report does not describe an ALPAGUT firing in that test. A combined list is not proof of each customer’s operational loadout.[232]
Baykar reports KEMANKEŞ 1 tests against airborne targets on 28 June 2025, an EREN air-target test on 21 February 2026 and a SUNGUR test on 16 September 2026. These are distinct manufacturer-reported firing events against test targets. They establish neither combat victories nor universal operational availability of an air-to-air package.[235][233][234]
Baykar’s payload index associates KUZGUN-SS and other SAGE stores with AKINCI; an earlier AKINCI brochure describes SOM-A and other weapons in future-tense language. These sources support advertised compatibility or plans. They do not supply a verified date of a KUZGUN-SS or SOM-A firing, delivery or operational clearance from AKINCI.[236][237]
Baykar reports that prototype PT3 tested TOLUN and TEBER-82 on 8 October 2025. The release describes production progress and a target for inventory entry; a firing test or planned entry date is distinct from a documented armed-forces handover.[238]
The 19 November KIZILELMA trial used MURAD tracking and a simulated GÖKDOĞAN engagement against an F-16. Baykar explicitly describes simulated electronic firing. No live missile was fired at the F-16 in this event.[239]
A separate Baykar report dates a live GÖKDOĞAN firing, guided using MURAD, to 29 November 2025. It describes destruction of a jet-powered test target. This corrects any reading of the earlier simulated F-16 event as a live engagement, while remaining a manufacturer-reported test rather than combat evidence.[240]
Baykar’s July 2026 release describes S2 internal-bay tests with TEBER-82 on 25 July and TOLUN on 28 July. Calling S2 a serial-production model does not establish the number of accepted military aircraft. The catalogue retains the dated test while keeping fleet handover and quantities unconfirmed.[13]
Baykar reports an autonomous formation flight by prototypes PT3 and PT5 on 27 December 2025. The event is a specific autonomy demonstration, not a delivered-fleet count or proof that a full operational swarm capability has been accepted.[241]
Baykar dates TB3’s ASELFLIR-500 integration flight to 26 March 2024 and first MAM-T firing to 17 January 2025. A separate release reports MAM-L exercise firing from TCG ANADOLU on 14 February 2026. These are documented integration and exercise stages, not a single universal date of operational readiness.[242][243]
ASELSAN identifies TUFAN as an unmanned surface vehicle and reports MARLIN’s naval-inventory entry in 2024. ARES and Meteksan identify ULAQ as an armed unmanned surface vehicle. They are relevant industrial context but are not aircraft. Unverified TUFAN quantities and a claimed August 2026 first sailing are not added as established milestones.[252][251][253]
KEMANKEŞ, ÇAKIR and SOM may appear in UAV payload discussions. Their presence on a carrier’s weapons list does not add an aircraft family to this catalogue. TÜBİTAK’s KUZGUN-SS munition is also distinct from STM’s KUZGUN UAV family; the shared name does not establish a common product.[235][236][227][74]
ASELSAN’s 2025 annual report describes counter-UAS programmes including İHTAR and KORKUT 100/25 SB, with contracts, acceptance work and tests at different stages. These are defensive systems, not UAV catalogue entries. A supplier’s capability statement does not prove that a particular Turkish or foreign aircraft has been defeated.[250]
Event dates are shown below; publication dates appear in the source library. Month-only dates retain their original precision.
Baykar reports carrying 16 Skydagger drones and releasing two in a test; service acceptance and combat use are not established.[230]
Baykar’s report published the following day dates the first MGK firing to 8 October.[232]
Baykar described a TB3 flight from TCG Anadolu and a payload trial during Seawolf-I/2026. This is a manufacturer-reported exercise milestone, not independent proof of fleet-wide readiness.[14]
The mission assessed likely AKINCI use in January footage and separate Yiha III component evidence for other attacks; supplier investigations remained ongoing.[163]
A 30 July release reports tests on 25 and 28 July using S2, described as a serial-production model. The report documents continuing development; it is not an inventory-acceptance notice.[13]
Leonardo reported regulatory approvals and corporate operational readiness. Expected aircraft deliveries later in 2026 were forecasts in this source and are not recorded here as completed.[26]
MINDEF documents the ANKA-S operational launch for No. 11 Squadron, distinct from the earlier procurement announcement.[204]
Baykar reports exercise firing from TCG ANADOLU, distinct from a general acceptance announcement.[243]
HRW later reported at least 17 civilian deaths and at least 13 injuries, explicitly leaving the aircraft and munition unidentified.[162]
Baykar reports a formation demonstration by PT3 and PT5 prototypes.[241]
Baykar reports a separate GÖKDOĞAN test against a jet-powered target using MURAD.[240]
MURAD tracking supports simulated electronic firing; no live missile is fired at the F-16.[239]
Baykar reports PT3 tests with TOLUN and TEBER-82.[238]
The ministry documents the six-aircraft system’s operational introduction and a public capability demonstration.[169]
Italy’s ministry announced the definitive transfer of the Piaggio Aero Industries and Piaggio Aviation businesses to Baykar, following the separate December 2024 authorization. Piaggio’s activities also include crewed aircraft and engines.[23][24]
Baykar and Leonardo announced an Italy-based joint venture with equal ownership for unmanned-aircraft design, development, production and maintenance. This is distinct from the later corporate-readiness milestone.[25]
The briefing described the preceding night’s drone incursions and a preliminary SONGAR assessment while forensic examination continued.[164]
ASELSAN’s November newsletter retrospectively dates the flight to February 2025.[226]
Baykar reports the first MAM-T firing using ASELFLIR-500.[242]
Croatia’s defence ministry signs the six-aircraft system and support contract; deliveries and operational introduction are separate later stages.[168]
The Romanian ministry said quantitative and qualitative acceptance had begun that week. Its expected completion date was a forecast; the announcement does not establish completed acceptance or operational service.[20]
Poland’s ministry records the fourth system’s delivery and completion of deliveries under the May 2021 contract. This is fulfillment of the existing contract, not a new order.[18]
The presidential announcement documents UAV service entry; the selected notice does not state a fleet total.[197]
The presidency describes recently received AKINCI aircraft, the UAV Academy and hangars, without disclosing a fleet total.[149]
The Reuters interview describes an ongoing project and planned capacity; it is not a factory commissioning or production-start announcement.[209]
TEI dates the first run to February 2024; this is not an aircraft integration flight.[223]
Presumptive denial ends; risk assessments and additional end-use assurances remain.[219]
The report attributes three 2023 strikes to TB2-equipped Burkinabè forces and reports at least 60 civilian deaths; one strike was across the border in Mali.[160]
Turkish Aerospace records the first flight on 28 December 2023. Its current product page continues to describe prototype testing and planned delivery.[9]
Baykar retrospectively dates the first flight to 27 October 2023; TEI identifies PD170 as the engine.[28][222]
Original open-source reporting reviewed aerial footage, but the evidence selected here does not identify a model for each attack.[151]
SPA reported a SAMI–Baykar localization agreement and separate NCMS memoranda with ASELSAN and Roketsan. Agreements for localization do not prove completed local production or aircraft deliveries.[22]
A June 2024 defence ministry release places the contract in April 2023 and describes three systems with six aircraft per system. The source establishes month precision only.[20]
The parties announced a goodwill protocol on joint UAV manufacturing; production commencement and quantities were not established in this announcement.[150]
Baykar’s September 2024 release retrospectively records the programme’s original first flight on 14 December 2022, separately from PT-3’s 2024 production-prototype flight.[12]
Kazakhstan Engineering and Turkish Aerospace signed a memorandum envisaging an assembly and maintenance line, technology transfer and training. The memorandum establishes planned cooperation, not an operating production line.[21]
HRW later reported at least 57 civilian deaths and MAM-L remnants; the munition evidence does not conclusively identify the aircraft.[159]
The date is recorded in the National Defence University’s November 2021 proceedings as the Ukrainian account of first combat use in the Joint Forces Operation.[157]
Baykar’s March 2025 retrospective release dates Turkish service entry to 29 August 2021. The statement is attributed to the manufacturer.[11]
Poland’s defence ministry identifies a contract for four TB2 systems signed with Baykar. A system is not the same counting unit as an aircraft.[18]
Baykar reports trials with inert MAM-C, MAM-L and MAM-T rounds.[231]
The final review and cancellation decision follow findings of credible evidence concerning Canadian technology in Nagorno-Karabakh.[218][216]
S/2021/229 discusses TB2 and Kargu-2 evidence. This is the report date, not an established date of a fatal autonomous attack.[154]
Baykar reports an integration firing test using ASELSAN’s CATS laser designation.[224]
Canada suspends relevant export permits while investigating allegations concerning use in Nagorno-Karabakh.[217]
A government-published retrospective records TB2 use in the February–March Idlib campaign; the entry does not reproduce claimed destruction totals.[156]
The subsequent Canadian review found credible evidence of WESCAM-equipped TB2 use in Nagorno-Karabakh; the year marks use, not the review’s publication.[216]
Baykar dates AKINCI’s first flight to 6 December 2019, separately from its August 2021 service entry.[11]
Turkish Aerospace retrospectively dates the programme’s first flight to 20 March 2019.[29]
Baykar’s history dates the named TB2’s autonomous flight test and first delivery to 2014; no exact day is inferred.[27]
Turkish Aerospace’s current product record dates ANKA’s first flight to 30 December 2010. This is a retrospectively documented milestone.[7]