Bayraktar TB3 Carrier-Capable Armed UAV Family

The Bayraktar TB3 is Baykar's uncrewed aircraft family developed for autonomous operations from short-runway aircraft carriers as well as land bases. It supports intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and armed missions, with line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight communications. Baykar lists land and marine versions, a 14-metre wingspan, 8.35-metre length and 280-kilogram payload capacity. Its published maximum takeoff mass is 1,600 kilograms, with an explicit caveat that this may vary for the naval version. The manufacturer advertises endurance of more than 24 hours and autonomous taxi, takeoff, flight and landing. These family-level figures should be checked against the specific version and mission configuration; carrier compatibility concerns deck operations rather than landing on water.