Baykar Once Again in the Top 10 Exporters of the 2024 Term
Turkish Exporters Assembly listed Baykar among the top 10 exporting Turkish firms by export volume in 2024, with $1.8 billion in revenue from overseas sales.
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Unmanned Systems
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Bayraktar TB3 UCAV Controls MKE's Pirana Kamikaze USV
Bayraktar TB3 UCAV took off from the TCG Anadolu LHD, took control of the MKE's Pirana Kamikaze USV, and guided it to the target in the recent teaming test.
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
Baykar Demonstrates Kemankeş 1’s Air-to-Air Capability
Kemankeş 1 jet-powered loitering munition’s test from Akıncı UCAV included the demonstration of air-to-air capability through a dive on a hovering target.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Trilateral Cooperation for Bayraktar TB3 UCAV On Horizon
Indonesia’s acquisition of Bayraktar TB3 and the possibility of acquiring the Guiseppe Garibaldi aircraft carrier might bring up a trilateral cooperation.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Unmanned Systems
Sensors
Expo and Air Show
Italian Navy Carriers Prepare for Bayraktar TB3 UCAVs
During the LBA Systems press meeting at the Paris Airshow, Leonardo CEO Cingolani stated that Bayraktar TB3 would be prepared for aircraft carrying ships.
Air
Expo and Air Show
Paris Air Show opens with 2,422 firms from 44 countries
Turkiye joins the Paris Air Show with 12 companies as France, the US and UK lead participation; Israel returns with nine stands while Russia remains absent.
Investment
Leonardo and EDGE Group Sign MoU for Joint Venture
Italian Leonardo and UAE-based EDGE Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a joint venture to cooperate in various areas including air defence.
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
LBA Systems to Make Its First Appearance in Paris
Leonardo announced that Baykar and Leonardo’s joint venture to specialise in UAVs, LBA Systems, will make its debut during this year’s Salon du Bourget Airshow.
Ammunition
Investment
Assan Group Expands Global Reach with Dynaflow Acquisition
Assan Group has acquired South African defence firm Dynaflow Technologies, gaining access to fuze technologies and expanding its international presence.
Navy / Maritime
Ammunition
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Unmanned Systems
Bayraktar TB3s Drop MAM-Ls After Taking off from TCG Anadolu
Bayraktar TB3 UCAVs’ third and fourth prototypes hit a land target with ROKETSAN’s MAM-L lightweight glide munition during the Denizkurdu 2025 naval exercise.
Navy / Maritime
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Unmanned Systems
Bayraktar TB3 UCAVs Takeoff Consecutively from TCG Anadolu
Bayraktar TB3 UCAV’s third and fourth prototypes took off consecutively from TCG Anadolu (L400) LHD for the Turkish Navy’s Denizkurdu 2025 naval exercise.
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
Akıncı UCAV Drops ROKETSAN's New TEBER-83 Guided Bomb
Baykar’s Akıncı UCAV performed the first test of ROKETSAN’s TEBER-83 laser/GNSS guidance kit for 1000 lb Mk83 general purpose bombs on a stationary target.
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
Baykar’s Bayraktar Tb2t-AI Breaks Own Altitude Record
The Bayraktar TB2T-AI platform featuring artificial intelligence and turbocharged propulsion, has climbed to 37,096 feet to break its own altitude record.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Mehmet Demiroğlu Gives Updates on the KAAN Fighter’s Tests
TUSAŞ CEO Mehmet Demiroğlu gave details for the next phases of the KAAN fifth-generation fighter jet’s tests, which performed its maiden flight a year ago.
Unmanned Systems
Minister of ROK’s DAPA Visits Baykar’s Head Facility
ROK’s Defence Acquisition and Programme Administration (DAPA) Minister, H.E. Seok Jong-gun, visited Baykar’s Özdemir Bayraktar National Technology Centre.
Unmanned Systems
Engine and Transmission
Bayraktar TB2 Flies with the Indigenous TM100 Engine
Baykar’s Bayraktar TB2 flew with the indigenously developed TM100 internal combustion engine, developed as an alternative to foreign-supplied engines.
