Bayraktar TB2

Bayraktar TB2 is a Turkish-made drone. 

It is a Turkish-made medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which has ability to be remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations. The UAV made in 2014. It is manufactured by the Turkish company Baykar Company, mainly produced for the Turkish Armed Forces. The credit for the development of the UAV has been given to Selçuk Bayraktar.


TB2 drone had globally passed 400,000 flight hours in 2021. Even though the main user is the Turkish Army, TB2 also sold to the other countries like Azerbaijan, Poland, Libya and more. Bayraktar TB2 has a big operational past since its production, the biggest examples are the attacks on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and People's Protection Units (YPG/SDF) targets in Iraq and Syria. TB2 also used by armies during the other conflicts in the world like a number of other nations around the world, most likely Azerbaijan in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, by the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as much as by the Ethiopian National Defense Force during the Tigray War and Government of National Accord during the Libyan civil war of 2014-2020.

By 2023, 600 Bayraktar drone has been produced by Baykar company. Bayraktar TB2'deki SATCOM detayı dikkatinizi çekti mi? (in Turkish) 

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Category:Military aircraft