The development of the Bayraktar TB2 had been spurred by a U.S. Development Bayraktar TB2 technical specifications in Turkish Bayraktar drones were later deployed by a number of other nations around the world in various wars, such as by Azerbaijan in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, by the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as by the Ethiopian National Defense Force during the Tigray War. The strikes on Islamic State (IS), Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and People's Protection Units (YPG) targets in Iraq and Syria. Turkey has used the drone extensively in counterterrorism. The largest operator of TB2 drones is the Turkish military, but an export model has been sold to the militaries of a number of other countries. īy November 2021, the TB2 drone had completed 400,000 flight-hours globally. The development of the UAV has been largely credited to Selçuk Bayraktar, a former MIT graduate student.
The aircraft are monitored and controlled by an aircrew in a ground control station, including weapons employment. It is manufactured by the Turkish company Baykar Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., primarily for the Turkish Armed Forces.
The Bayraktar TB2 is a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations.
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