
Bayraktar TB2 SİHA, developed by Baykar, hit the target accurately with Skydagger FPV kamikaze drones in the last test.
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Baykar has signed export agreements with 36 countries for the Bayraktar TB2 SİHA and with 16 countries for the AKINCI TİHA.
According to the statement made by Baykar, Bayraktar TB2 SİHA, developed nationally and uniquely by the company, is strengthened with new capabilities for the changing conditions of the battlefield.
In the last test, Bayraktar TB2 accurately hit the target determined by FPV kamikaze drones developed by Skydagger.
Within the scope of the test activity, Bayraktar TB2, which took off from Keşan Flight Training and Test Center with 16 Skydagger FPV kamikaze drones, arrived at the test site.
2 FPV drones from Bayraktar TB2 were left at the test site. Thanks to the connection established via Bayraktar TB2, the drones controlled by ground-independent operators hit the designated targets with full accuracy. In the footage of the activity, the moments when the drones aimed at the target and were destroyed were captured on camera.
Export leadership in the global UAV market
Baykar, which has carried out all its projects from the beginning to the present with its own resources, continued to be the world's largest exporter in the unmanned aerial vehicle segment in 2025.
The company, which has maintained its leadership in the world UAV market in the past 3 years, renewed its record with an export volume of 2.2 billion dollars in 2025. Obtaining 90 percent of its revenues from exports in recent years, Baykar has become the locomotive of Turkey's high technology exports.
Baykar, which received the Champions of Export Award by being among the top 10 exporting companies in all sectors in Turkey in 2023, 2024 and 2025, became the export leader of the defense and aerospace sector according to the data of the Presidency of Defense Industries and the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
The company alone carried out one-third of the sector's exports in 2023, and in 2024 it carried out one-fourth of the total exports of the defense and aerospace sector, making Turkey a leader in the global UAV export market.
Baykar, the world's largest unmanned aerial vehicle company, signed export agreements with 36 countries for the Bayraktar TB2 SİHA and 16 countries for the AKINCI TİHA, for a total of 39 countries.

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