The S5 tail-numbered Bayraktar TB2 that joined the fleet, accumulated nearly 1 million flight hours, in 2014 has become the first UAV to complete its operational airframe life, having successfully surpassed 10,000 flight hours. The Bayraktar TB2 S5, now retired from active duty, will continue to serve within Baykar for training and test flights as part of airframe lifecycle research.

Selçuk Bayraktar, the chairperson of the board of directors and chief technology officer at Baykar, a Turkish defense giant recognized for its drone manufacturing, topped the list of Türkiye's major taxpayers in 2023, after having the same time title a year earlier.

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The Bayraktar KIZILELMA Unmanned Fighter Jet is the most important project on which Baykar, the world’s largest UCAV exporter, is currently working. Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar says that the company allocated $1 billion to the project.