Baykar

Baykar is a private Turkish defense company specializing in unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs), command and control systems (C4I), and artificial intelligence. Founded as a family-owned auto parts business, it has transformed into Turkey's leading defense exporter and one of the world's most successful UCAV manufacturers. The company maintains a 93% localization rate and achieved $2.2 billion in exports in 2025, leading the global UCAV export market.

Across the group

Baykar and the 1 organisation under it hold 6 contracts worth ≈ EUR 2.8B. Each contract stays attributed to the entity that won it, so the 5 above are Baykar’s own.