Baykar
Baykar is a Drones & Loitering Munitions company founded in 1984 and based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Baykar was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. The company develops unmanned aerial vehicles in the drones and loitering munitions category. Its product line includes the Bayraktar TB2, a medium-altitude, long-endurance armed drone for intelligence, reconnaissance, surveillance, and precision strike; the Akıncı, a higher-payload platform for high-altitude, long-endurance missions; and Kızılelma, a jet-powered, carrier-capable unmanned fighter designed to operate alongside crewed aircraft. Baykar sells these systems to government and military customers. The company is privately held, and its chairman and chief executive are both members of the founding family. Baykar's capital position is not publicly itemized in this record.
Baykar builds the TB2, Akıncı, and Kızılelma, armed unmanned aircraft spanning medium-altitude strike drones, high-payload multi-mission platforms, and a jet-powered loyal-wingman fighter. The TB2 is sold to a broad range of government customers that need affordable air power, which places the company at the center of the export market for armed drones. Kızılelma gives the Turkish armed forces a domestically developed unmanned combat aircraft in the jet-powered category. Baykar's roster falls in the 1k–5k headcount range, and it is privately held.
At a glance
Total raised
Undisclosed
Headcount
1k-5k
Headquarters
Istanbul
Founded
1984
Status
Private
Subsector
Drones & Loitering Munitions
Defense, ranked
Top 25 Defense companies →Funding history
Total raised
—
Rounds tracked
0
No dated funding rounds on file. This company is privately held and may be raising or operating on undisclosed capital.
