
1986
Bayraktar Founded

1986
Automotive Machine Part Production Begins

2000
Launch of R&D on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System

2004
First Autonomous Flight Test using indigenous Electronic and Software Systems

2004
Symposium on Advanced Aviation Technologies in Air Force Academy

2005
Call for Mini UAV Tender

2005
Autonomous Flight Demonstration of the Bayraktar Mini UAV prototype at TAI Facilities

2006
Development and Production of Bayraktar Mini UAV

2006
Launch of R & D on Malazgirt Rotary Wing Mini UAV

2007
Malazgirt Rotary Wing Field Tests

2007
Beginning of R&D on Tactical UAV Systems

2007
Martyrdom of Lt. Colonel Melih Gülova

2007
First Delivery of Bayraktar Mini UAV

2008
Launch of Tests and Training Activities for Bayraktar Mini UAV

2008
Malazgirt Rotary Wing Mini UAV Production Process

2009
Malazgirt Rotary Wing Mini UAV Delivery

2009
First Flight and Automatic Takeoff-Cruise-Landing Test on Tactical UAV System

2009
First Fully Autonomous Flight of Tactical UAV System in presence of Official Committee

2010
Beginning of Contract Negotiations for Tactical UAV Project

2010
Tübitak 9th Technology Award

2011
Mini-UAV Production for Qatar’s Armed Forces

2012
Commencement of Tactical UAV Project Development and Production Process

2012
Delivery of Mini UAVs and Training for Qatar Armed Forces

2014
Bayraktar TB2’s First Fully Autonomous Flight Test

2014
First Set Delivery of Bayraktar TB2

2015
Second Set Delivery of Bayraktar TB2

2015
Turkish National Police’s Purchase Order for Bayraktar TB2

2015
First 1000 Hours of Operational Flight

2015
First Demonstration of Fired Munitions

2016
Operation Euphrates Shield

2018
Operation Olive Branch

2018
First Export of Bayraktar TB2 to Qatar

2018
Export of Bayraktar TB2 to Ukraine

2019
TB2 Breaks the Record of Operational Flight Tme With 27 Hours and 3 Minutes in Kuwait.

2019
Bayraktar AKINCI Maiden Flight

2020
Operation Spring Shield

2020
Export of Bayraktar TB2 to Azerbaijan and Karabakh Patriotic War

2021
Signing the Contract for Exporting Bayraktar TB2 to Poland

2021
Bayraktar AKINCI Breaks Turkish Altitude Record of 38.039 Feet

2021
Bayraktar AKINCI First Delivery

2022
Bayraktar AKINCI Breaks Turkish Altitude Record of 45.118 Feet

2022
Bayraktar KIZILELMA Maiden Flight

2023
KEMANKEŞ 1 Mini Smart Cruise Missile First Firing Test

2023
500th Bayraktar TB2 UCAV Rolls Off the Production Line

2023
Export Agreement with Saudi Arabia: New Export Record for the Turkish Defense-Aviation Sector

2023
Bayraktar TB3 Successfully Completed First Flight

2023
Bayraktar TB2 UCAV Successfully Completed 750,000 Flight Hours

2024
Bayraktar AKINCI Completed 50,000 Flight Hours

2024
Bayraktar TB3 Set an Altitude Record with an Indigenous Engine

2024
Bayraktar AKINCI Detected a Helicopter Wreckage in Iran

2024
Bayraktar TB2 Performed an Autonomous Barrel Roll Maneuver

2024
Bayraktar TB3 Successfully Conducted Its First Ski Jump Takeoff

2024
The First Deployed Bayraktar TB2 UAV Was Decommissioned

2024
Bayraktar KIZILELMA’s Production Prototype Successfully Completed Its First Flight Test

2024
Bayraktar TB3 Became the First UCAV in World Aviation History to Take Off and Land On a Short-Runway Vessel

2024
Bayraktar TB2 Surpassed 1 Million Flight Hours