Sources
Public-source catalogue & contextual research
- ASELFLIR 500 — official brochureBrochure issue: August 2026; no publication day stated.
- ASELSAN — official UAV portfolioPortfolio/document review: 5 November 2026; not a service-entry date.
- ASELSAN MİUS — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- ASELSAN newsletter, issue 89November 2025 issue: dates AKINCI’s first integrated MURAD flight to February 2025 and KIZILELMA’s to October 2025.
- SAKA — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- SERÇE family — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- TEPEGÖZ — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- TUFAN kamikaze unmanned surface vehicleOfficial product classification; not evidence of a purchase quantity or acceptance date.
- ASİSGUARD — official UAV portfolioPortfolio/document review: 5 November 2026; not a service-entry date.
- DOGAY — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- SAGAN — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- SONGAR — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- A new chapter in aviation history — KIZILELMA live air-target testThe live test against a jet-powered target took place on 29 November 2025.
- AKINCI — product recordUndated official page; reviewed 5 November 2026.
- AKINCI scores a direct hit on its first firing with the MGK munitionFirst MGK firing: 8 October 2026. ALPAGUT carriage is mentioned, not an ALPAGUT firing in this test.
- AKINCI successfully completes first firing testThe described test took place on 22 April 2021.
- Baykar history — tactical predecessor and TB2 milestonesUndated history: the tactical predecessor appears in 2009; the named TB2 autonomous flight test appears in 2014.
- Baykar’s 2024 export and delivery accountManufacturer account; the Croatian ministry’s 21 November contract date takes precedence over this page’s 19 November date.
- Bayraktar AKINCI brochureUndated brochure uses future-tense language for parts of its weapons list.
- Bayraktar TB2 — product recordUndated official page; reviewed 5 November 2026.
- Bayraktar TB2 exceeds one million flight hoursManufacturer report; cumulative hours are not independently audited here.
- Bayraktar TB3 — product recordUndated official page; reviewed 5 November 2026.
- Bayraktar TB3 continues its test flightsRetrospectively dates the first flight to 27 October 2023.
- Bayraktar TB3 is armedFirst MAM-T firing on 17 January 2025; also retrospectively dates ASELFLIR-500 flight to 26 March 2024.
- Bayraktar TB3 UCAV makes a show of force at NATO exerciseDescribes the MAM-L exercise firing on 14 February 2026.
- K2 and SİVRİSİNEK demonstrationThe demonstrated event was 17 April; publication was 24 April.
- KIZILELMA — product recordUndated official page; reviewed 5 November 2026.
- KIZILELMA locks onto F-16 in simulated firing testThe simulated engagement took place on 19 November 2025.
- KIZILELMA performs formation flight using smart fleet autonomyFlight by PT3 and PT5 on 27 December 2025.
- National camera designates; national UAV strikes with MAM-LPublication on 6 November describes the test on 5 November 2020.
- Payload systems — platform compatibility indexUndated product index; a compatibility listing does not establish the date or result of a firing test.
- We Are BaykarUndated official page; reviewed 5 November 2026.
- Türkiye’s Baykar, Azerbaijan ink protocol for joint UAV developmentBaykar-hosted press reprint containing the signatory’s statement; a goodwill protocol, not proof of a functioning production line. Event precision is April 2023.
- Haluk Bayraktar: We concentrate on technology over profitsCEO interview: stated annual production/capacity and future investment plans, not an audited delivery register.
- Chaos and Crisis as Azerbaijan Attacks Nagorno-KarabakhOriginal open-source investigation; published aerial footage does not establish the aircraft model behind every strike.
- Pakistan’s January 2024 Turkish drone induction — research source trailSecondary source trail; procurement totals are not independently established.
- Final report: Review of export permits to TürkiyeOfficial review underlying the April 2021 decision; its evidentiary findings are distinct from the initial allegations.
- BAHA — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- BOZBEY — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- BULUT — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- HAVELSAN — official UAV portfolioPortfolio/document review: 5 November 2026; not a service-entry date.
- POYRAZ — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- Burkina Faso: Drone Strikes on Civilians Apparent War CrimesThree investigated 2023 strikes: two in Burkina Faso and one across the border in Mali; two markets and a funeral, not three markets.
- Ethiopia: Airstrike on Camp for Displaced Likely War CrimeOriginal witness, visual and satellite investigation of the 7 January 2022 Dedebit strike. MAM-L identification does not uniquely identify the launch aircraft.
- Mali: Army, Wagner Group Atrocities Against CiviliansOriginal investigation of February 2024 wedding and burial strikes. The text also notes TB2 acquisition; inventory context alone is not conclusive identification of each strike aircraft.
- Niger: Military Drone Strike Kills 17 CiviliansOriginal investigation of the 6 January 2026 market strike; HRW explicitly could not identify the drone or munition used.
- Northeast Syria: Turkish Strikes Exacerbate Humanitarian CrisisOriginal reporting on attacks and civilian infrastructure; it does not identify a Turkish UAV model for every strike.
- Unmanned/autonomous systems and UAS heritageThe complete public heritage page was retrieved over HTTP after HTTPS/TLS access failed. Heritage periods are not automatically first flights.
- Leonardo and Baykar’s LBA Systems JV achieves operational readinessCorporate readiness announcement; forecast deliveries remain forecasts.
- Transcript of Special Briefing on Operation Sindoor, 9 May 2025Official preliminary identification, not independent confirmation. The published transcript body was verified through the same ministry’s FetchPublicationDetailData endpoint, pkid 39482, languageId 1.
- Ukrainian Army: Main Stages of the Struggle for Ukraine’s State Independence — conference proceedingsConference dated 26 November 2021; printed/PDF page 60 records the Ukrainian account of first combat use on 26 October 2021. This is a retrospective institutional publication.
- An International Export Success — operator and prospective-customer listOlder secondary list with later edits and no transparent change log; country labels are not proof of current fleet quantities.
- Bezzałogowce Bayraktar TB2 — acquisition programmeUndated official page; reviewed 5 November 2026.
- SSB annual activity report 2025Official indexed report text was available; direct retrieval returned HTTP 403 during this review. Sector-wide data include services and are not drone-only totals.
- İletişim ve Diplomasi, issue 7 — Public Diplomacy and Nation Branding special issueGovernment-published journal, printed page 32 (PDF page 38), retrospective discussion of TB2 use in northern Syria. This is an attributed account, not independent battle-damage verification.
- Ilham Aliyev and his son Heydar Aliyev visited Air Force military facilitiesOfficial acknowledgement of recently received AKINCI aircraft and training/hangar facilities; no fleet total or contract value.
- BRP suspends delivery of aircraft engines used in military dronesContemporaneous reporting quoting BRP spokesperson Martin Langelier; a corporate response, not a Canadian permit decision.
- MAM-L Smart Micro MunitionUndated official page; reviewed 5 November 2026.
- Arms transfers to conflict zones: The case of Nagorno-KarabakhSIPRI’s arms-transfer analysis distinguishes Turkish and Israeli supplies; its estimates are not a current aircraft inventory.
- The defence industry ecosystem is growingSecondary publication reporting figures attributed to SSB. SSBülten is not the government agency; an accessible primary statement confirming these exact 2026 values was not secured.
- ALPAGU — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- ALPAGU-B — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- ALPAGUT — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- BOYGA — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- BOYGA-B — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- KARGU — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- KARGUFPV — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- KUZGUN — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- STM — official UAV portfolioPortfolio/document review: 5 November 2026; not a service-entry date.
- STM announcement of the SSB–STM TIRPAN development agreementOfficial acknowledgement of a development-system name. This record does not define a separate technical airframe, flight date or accepted aircraft.
- TOGAN — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- TOGAN-M — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- TUNGA X — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- TURUL / STM VTOL — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- TEI-PD170 turbodiesel aviation engine — V2025/2Brochure version V2025/2; gives first-flight dates for ANKA, AKSUNGUR and TB3 with this engine.
- TEI-TF6000 turbofan engineUndated product page states that the first engine run took place in February 2024.
- ALPİN / ALPİN 2 — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- DELİ-2 — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- DELİ-2EO — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- DELİ-S — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- DUMRUL — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- MERKÜT — official product recordManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- TİTRA / SAVX — official UAV portfolioPortfolio/document review: 5 November 2026; not a service-entry date.
- FEDAİ-101/102 — archived official brochureManufacturer product/document record reviewed 5 November 2026; the review date is not a programme event date.
- TRANSVARO — official UAV portfolioPortfolio/document review: 5 November 2026; not a service-entry date.
- AKSUNGUR — product recordUndated official page; reviewed 5 November 2026.
- AKSUNGUR domestic-engine test announcementNo publication date displayed. Gives a 16 April 2025 test date and a 20 March 2019 programme first flight.
- ANKA — product recordUndated official page; reviewed 5 November 2026.
- ANKA III — product recordUndated official page; reviewed 5 November 2026.
- ANKA III prototypes conduct 18 March commemoration flightEvent: 18 March 2025, identified by the 110th anniversary; no publication date displayed.
- Hakkımızda — corporate history and ownershipUndated official page; reviewed 5 November 2026.
- Defence Secretary’s speech on defence reformAn attributed British ministerial assessment covering Syria, Libya and elsewhere, not an Azerbaijan-specific verified loss register.
- Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan — A/HRC/63/23Advance unedited version; paragraphs 46–48 and 101–107 distinguish likely AKINCI use from Yiha III component evidence. Investigation of suppliers and intermediaries remained ongoing.
- Final report of the Panel of Experts on Libya — S/2021/229Paragraph 63, transfer table and annex 30. The report discusses 2020 operations and Kargu-2 transfers; it does not establish a first fatal fully autonomous attack.
- Lentatek at EFES22 — KARAYEL and KARGICorporate report describes the 31 May–9 June 2022 exercise; no precise publication day displayed.