Baykar · uncrewed military aircraft
Bayraktar Kizilelma
A jet-powered uncrewed fighter with autonomous taxi, takeoff, flight and landing and an AI mission computer. Its formation flight used an autonomous combat pilot and fleet algorithms rather than direct piloting.
- Price
- —military only
- Autonomy
- SupervisedHow it runs
- Driverless
- TestingSince 2022-12-14
- Fleet
- 5Reported; details below
- Speed
- 1100.0 km/hFaster than 100%
- Payload
- 1500 kgToo few to rank
Why it matters
Baykar says two Kizilelma prototypes flew the first autonomous close-formation flight of uncrewed fighter jets on 27 December 2025.
Real-world use
Five prototypes and two serial-production aircraft built as of January 5, 2026, with first Turkish Armed Forces delivery then planned for Q1 2026 (TRT Haber/IHA, 2026). In May 2026, Baykar and Indonesia's Republikorp signed an export framework for 12 KIZILELMA aircraft, with deliveries planned from 2028 (Anadolu Agency, 2026).
Timeline
- First shown
- 2022-12-14
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
BaykarCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless tests only
- Where it runs
- Çorlu, Tekirdağ, Türkiye test centre
- Driverless since
- 2022-12-14
- Fleet
- 5 prototypes and 2 serial-production aircraft built as of January 5, 2026 (TRT Haber/IHA, quoting Baykar's Halil Akar).
How it stacks up
Against other military aircraft that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Bayraktar Kizilelma is faster than 100% of the 3 other military aircraft that publish a speed. Bars show the 3 closest in date.
Too few military aircraft publish a payload to rank it. Bars show the 2 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention Bayraktar Kizilelma gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Other movement
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
From the maker
Bayraktar Kizilelma is the only vehicle from Baykar in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedmilitary only
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Sources
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