Bayraktar Akıncı is a high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) being manufactured by the Turkish defence company Baykar. The first three units entered service with the Turkish Armed Forces on 29 August 2021.
Baykar Bayraktar Akıncı
Bayraktar Akıncı at Teknofest 2019
Bayraktar Akıncı at Teknofest 2019
Bayraktar Akıncı at Teknofest 2019
Unmanned combat aerial vehicle
An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone, fighter drone or battlefield UAV, is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is used for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance and carries aircraft ordnance such as missiles, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), and/or bombs in hardpoints for drone strikes. These drones are usually under real-time human control, with varying levels of autonomy. UCAVs are used for reconnaissance, attacking targets and returning to base; unlike kamikaze drones which are only made to explode on impact, or surveillance drones which are only for gathering intelligence.
A British MQ-9A Reaper operating over Afghanistan in 2009
A Turkish Bayraktar TB2 on the runway
The BAE Taranis model is one of the larger designs
DRDO Ghatak