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Bayraktar AKINCI Strategic Unmanned Combat Aircraft Family

The Bayraktar AKINCI is Baykar's twin-engine uncrewed aircraft family for long-endurance reconnaissance, surveillance and armed missions. It combines autonomous flight controls with redundant navigation and communications systems, including satellite communications for beyond-line-of-sight operation. Its mission applications include land and maritime observation. Baykar's current family specification lists a 20-metre wingspan, 12.2-metre length, 6,000-kilogram maximum takeoff mass and 1,500-kilogram payload capacity, with endurance advertised as more than 20 hours. The manufacturer identifies AKINCI-A, AKINCI-B and AKINCI-C versions and alternative twin-turboprop power ratings. Those alternatives describe variant fits rather than one common engine installation for every aircraft. Maritime missions refer to the aircraft's surveillance and mission domain; the platform uses conventional runway takeoff and landing.

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Aliases
AKINCIBayraktar AKINCI UCAVBaykar AKINCIAkıncı
Family Name
Bayraktar AKINCI
Full Name
Bayraktar AKINCI Strategic Unmanned Combat Aircraft Family
Roles
militaryreconnaissance
Status
active
Type
aircraft

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Configuration
fixed_wing
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Operating Modes
land
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Takeoff Landing Capabilities
conventional
Description
The Bayraktar AKINCI is Baykar's twin-engine uncrewed aircraft family for long-endurance reconnaissance, surveillance and armed missions. It combines autonomous flight controls with redundant navigation and communications systems, including satellite communications for beyond-line-of-sight operation. Its mission applications include land and maritime observation. Baykar's current family specification lists a 20-metre wingspan, 12.2-metre length, 6,000-kilogram maximum takeoff mass and 1,500-kilogram payload capacity, with endurance advertised as more than 20 hours. The manufacturer identifies AKINCI-A, AKINCI-B and AKINCI-C versions and alternative twin-turboprop power ratings. Those alternatives describe variant fits rather than one common engine installation for every aircraft. Maritime missions refer to the aircraft's surveillance and mission domain; the platform uses conventional runway takeoff and landing.
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Creation Time
August 13, 2026 at 08:53:55 UTC
Updated Time
October 29, 2026 at 15:26:34 UTC
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