Baykar Bayraktar family

Bayraktar family
Role Unmanned aerial vehicle
National origin Turkey
Manufacturer Baykar
Designer Baykar
Status In service
Primary user Turkish Armed Forces
Number built 1,100+
Variants

The Bayraktar UAV or Bayraktar UCAV is a family of unmanned aerial vehicles designed and manufactured by Turkish company Baykar.[1] The UAVs were developed for the Turkish Armed Forces from 2004 until the present. Some models are designed for surveillance and reconnaissance only, others are capable of tactical ground-strike missions. Baykar is also developing drones to counter other aerial systems.[2] The word bayraktar means flag-bearer in Turkish.

  1. ^ "Selçuk Bayraktar'dan İHA'lı aile pozu". 15 June 2019.
  2. ^ "AKINCI TİHA hava savunması da yapabilecek" (in Turkish). 21 February 2021.