Design and configuration
Two wing-mounted propellers and a high, cranked wing distinguish AKINCI from single-engine pusher drones. Retractable gear supports conventional runway operation.1
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AKINCI is a twin-turboprop unmanned aircraft with more payload capacity than the smaller TB2. The B configuration uses the intermediate engine option within the programme.
TurkeyBaykar Bayraktar Akinci
Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · ModifiedMultirole unmanned combat aerial vehicle
Turkey
Baykar
Baykar
In service
Turkish Armed Forces
110+
2019–current
29 August 2021
6 December 2019
1500 kg (3307 lb) payload
12.2 m (40 ft 0 in)
20 m (65 ft 7 in)
4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
6,000 kg (13,228 lb)
unspecified Jet-A1 or JP-8 fuel capacity
2 × Ivchenko-Progress Motor Sich AI-450T turboprop engines for A variant, 340 kW (450 hp) each
361 km/h (224 mph, 195 kn)
280 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn)
7,500 km (4,700 mi, 4,000 nmi) Traveled 7507 Kilometers in latest test.
24+ hours
13,716 m (45,000 ft)
5-bladed composite constant-speed propeller
9,100 m (30,000 ft)
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The system in detail
Two wing-mounted propellers and a high, cranked wing distinguish AKINCI from single-engine pusher drones. Retractable gear supports conventional runway operation.1
The 2026 brochure lists electro-optical, radar and signals-intelligence payload options. Weapon integrations and mission equipment require variant-specific confirmation.1
The brochure groups A, B and C versions. Its programme maxima are retained with that label, rather than being represented as independently demonstrated figures for every B aircraft.1
Compare payload and endurance under one configuration. The brochure operational-range figure is not a guaranteed command-link radius or a loaded mission radius.1
Visual reference
Bayraktar Akıncı during Ilham Aliyev and his son Heydar Aliyev's visit to Air Force military facilities Historical equipment reference photograph. It does not establish current availability or every detail of the named variant.
Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · ModifiedBayraktar AKINCI equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
AzerbaijanAir Force and Air Defence exact named equipment holdings: Bayraktar Akinci. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES / Heavy. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Air Force and Air Defence exact named equipment holdings of Bayraktar Akinci. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES / Heavy. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. Source plus sign gives a lower bound of at least 1; no upper bound is invented.
Burkina FasoAir Force exact named equipment holdings: Bayraktar Akinci. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES / Heavy. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
EthiopiaAir Force exact named equipment holdings: Bayraktar Akinci. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES / Heavy. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
KyrgyzstanBorder Guards exact named equipment holdings: Bayraktar Akinci. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES / Heavy. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
PakistanAir Force exact named equipment holdings: Bayraktar Akinci. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES / Heavy. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
SomaliaArmy exact named equipment holdings: Bayraktar Akinci. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES / Heavy. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
TürkiyeArmy exact named equipment holdings: Bayraktar Akinci. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES / Heavy. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Air Force holdings of the exact named Bayraktar Akinci component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.
Air Force exact named equipment holdings: Bayraktar Akinci. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES / Heavy. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Army holdings of the exact named Bayraktar Akinci component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.
Air Force holdings of the exact named Bayraktar Akinci component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.