Baykar maintained its leadership in the global UAV export market.
Baykar maintained its leadership in the global armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) export market with exports worth $2.2 billion in 2025.
Göksel Yıldırım | January 31, 2026 - Updated: January 31, 2026
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According to a statement from Baykar, the company that develops Türkiye's national and original UAVs, it continued to be the world's largest exporter in its product segment in 2025.
Having been a world market leader for the past three years, Baykar broke its own record in 2025 with an export volume of $2.2 billion. Developing globally recognized air platforms, Baykar has also become the driving force behind Türkiye's high-tech exports.
Baykar generated a total revenue of $2.5 billion last year, with 88% of it coming from exports.
According to data released at the 5th Global Strategies Conference in Defense and Aerospace Industry, organized by the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey's Defense Industry Directorate, Baykar, which ranks second among Turkish defense industry export champions,
maintained its leading position by a wide margin in unmanned aerial vehicle exports.
Export champion
Baykar, which carries out all its projects with its own resources, has generated 83% of its total revenue from exports since the beginning of its UAV R&D process in 2003. With exports totaling $1.8 billion in 2023, Baykar ranked among the top 10 exporting companies in Türkiye across all sectors.
Baykar, the world's largest exporter of unmanned aerial vehicles, continued its global success in 2024, generating 90% of its revenue from exports and achieving export figures of $1.8 billion.
Baykar, which received the Export Champions Award by being among the top 10 exporting companies in all sectors in Türkiye in 2023 and 2024, became the export leader of the defense and aerospace sector in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 according to the data of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey's Defence Industry Directorate and the Turkish Exporters' Council.
Baykar, which alone accounted for one-third of the sector's exports in 2023, also achieved a quarter of the total exports of the defense and aerospace sector in 2024, positioning Türkiye as a leader in the global UAV export market.
Baykar, the world's largest unmanned aerial vehicle company, has signed export agreements with a total of 37 countries: 36 for the Bayraktar TB2 SİHA and 16 for the Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA.
Baykar, 2025 yılında gerçekleştirdiği 2,2 milyar dolarlık ihracatla dünya silahlı insansız hava aracı (SİHA) ihracat pazarındaki liderliğini korudu. - Anadolu Ajansı
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