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Türkiye’s first unmanned fighter aircraft, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, has carried out yet another historic test in the sky. In the test conducted with the participation of two F-16 fighter jets of the Turkish Air Force, KIZILELMA locked onto the target F-16 using the national AESA Radar MURAD, and achieved a direct hit in its simulated fire test with the national air-to-air missile GÖKDOĞAN.

Türkiye’s first-ever unmanned fighter aircraft, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, has achieved yet another world first. The Low-Observable Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) TOYGUN, developed with indigenous resources and found only on the most advanced fifth-generation fighter jets, has been successfully integrated into an unmanned fighter aircraft for the first time in the world.

African nations, including Mali, Morocco, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Libya, Burkina Faso, Togo, Niger, Djibouti, Somalia, Rwanda, Kenya, chose Baykar's drones

FGN-100-D2, the second satellite fully developed with national resources by Fergani Space and also Türkiye’s largest private-sector satellite, has successfully embarked on its journey into space.
 

The SEAWOLF-I/2025 exercise witnessed historic moments. Two Bayraktar TB3 UCAVs, launched from Türkiye’s first UCAV carrier TCG Anadolu, flawlessly destroyed their targets in the Eastern Mediterranean phase of the drill. Meanwhile, a Bayraktar AKINCI UCAV that took off from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) hit its targets with pinpoint accuracy using three different types of munitions.
 

Bayraktar KIZILELMA, Türkiye’s first unmanned fighter aircraft developed indigenously by Baykar, has successfully completed its first live-fire test within its test program, striking with full accuracy using TOLUN and TEBER-82 munitions.

Italian Deputy Minister of Defense Matteo Perego di Cremnago, Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Antonio Conserva, Army Commander Lieutenant General Carmine Masiello, and Deputy Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Giuseppe Berutti Bergotto, together with their accompanying delegation, examined Baykar’s game-changing technologies on site. The high-level delegation observed flight and live-fire demonstrations and received a comprehensive briefing on Baykar’s vision for the future.

The test campaign for Baykar’s indigenously developed KEMANKEŞ 1 AI-powered mini cruise missile is progressing successfully. In last week’s live-fire trial from a Bayraktar AKINCI HALE UCAV, KEMANKEŞ 1 scored pinpoint hits on airborne targets, destroying ground targets with the same accuracy.

Baykar has completed its acquisition of Piaggio Aerospace, the 140-year-old Italian aviation giant. Under the agreement, Piaggio’s facilities will serve as a strategic European hub for producing both the P.180 Avanti Evo and Baykar’s indigenously UCAVs.

Building on its 2023 performance, Baykar—Türkiye’s defense-and-aerospace export champion for the past four years—again ranked among the nation’s top ten exporters across all industries in 2024. This milestone makes Baykar the first company in Turkish export history to keep the defense and aerospace sector in the overall top-ten ranking for two consecutive years.