Consumer model
Bayraktar TB2
By Baykar · aerial
- Price
- —
- Availability
- Internal use only (not for retail).
- Maturity
- production
- Real-world use
- No verified deployments
The Bayraktar TB2, from Turkey's Baykar, is the internationally fielded legacy-prime armed UAV and a remotely-piloted, AI-augmented-not-autonomous platform. It is a medium-altitude armed drone with 20-plus hours of endurance, a 25,000-foot ceiling, a 150-kilogram payload, and Roketsan MAM laser-guided munitions, with triple-redundant flight control that automates taxi, takeoff, cruise, and landing while the mission itself remains operator-supervised. It is widely exported and combat-proven (Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, the Libyan civil war, and others). The verified-vs-claimed nuance: Baykar's newer products (the Akinci HALE UCAV and the jet-powered Kizilelma) move toward greater autonomy, but the TB2 specifically is remotely-piloted, with a human operator supervising targeting and strike decisions. It is defense procurement; there is no consumer price. Specific export-country counts and engagement claims vary by source and defer to primary disclosures.
Readiness
Bayraktar TB2 is internal use only (not for retail), no capability claims are on file, the model has no verified field deployments in the registry, and no incidents are on record.
- Availability
- internal-only
Internal use only (not for retail).
- Price honesty
- no-price
No price points on file for Bayraktar TB2.
- Capability honesty
- no-claims
No reviewed capability claims on file for Bayraktar TB2.
- Real-world use
- production
Maturity: production. No verified deployments in the registry.
- Safety record
- no-incidents
No incidents on record. No verified deployments either.
What it claims to do
No reviewed capability claims on file.
Price
No reviewed price points on file.
Real-world use
No verified deployments on file for Bayraktar TB2.
Safety record
No incidents on record. No verified deployments either, so the absence is uninformative.
Privacy
No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Bayraktar TB2.
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)
What's under the hood
No brain on file for Bayraktar TB2.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Bayraktar TB2 actually available for purchase?
- Not available to consumers. In internal use by Baykar.Source: Bayraktar TB2 (800+ built, ~1M flight hours, 34+ countries, combat in 5+ conflicts)
- What does the Bayraktar TB2 cost?
- Not announced.
- Where is the Bayraktar TB2 being used?
- No verified field deployments on record.
- Is the Bayraktar TB2 safe?
- No incidents on record, but with no verified field deployments either, the absence is uninformative.
- How does the Bayraktar TB2 handle privacy?
- No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Bayraktar TB2.
- Who makes the Bayraktar TB2?
- Bayraktar TB2 is made by Baykar, based in Istanbul, Turkey.Source: Bayraktar TB2 (800+ built, ~1M flight hours, 34+ countries, combat in 5+ conflicts)
Manufacturer
Baykar (registry record: /companies/baykar)
Compared to
- Shield AI V-BATby Shield AI · aerial
- HX-2 (and HF-1)by Helsing · aerial
Sources
- Bayraktar TB2 (800+ built, ~1M flight hours, 34+ countries, combat in 5+ conflicts) · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baykar_Bayraktar_TB2
- Baykar leadership (Selcuk CTO / Haluk CEO; TB2 development) · https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/ac-turkey-defense-journal/interview-with-haluk-bayraktar/
- Baykar Akinci production toward 120 units by 2026 (110 delivered Jan 2026) · https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2026/tuerkiyes-baykar-ramps-up-akinci-combat-drone-production-toward-120-units-by-2026
- Baykar $2.2B export record; Kizilelma to enter inventory 2026 · https://www.turkiyetoday.com/nation/baykar-sets-22b-export-record-kizilelma-to-enter-inventory-in-2026-3213966
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