The test campaign for Baykar’s indigenously developed KEMANKEŞ 1 AI-powered mini cruise missile is progressing successfully. In last week’s live-fire trial from a Bayraktar AKINCI HALE UCAV, KEMANKEŞ 1 scored pinpoint hits on airborne targets, destroying ground targets with the same accuracy.
Building on its 2023 performance, Baykar—Türkiye’s defense-and-aerospace export champion for the past four years—again ranked among the nation’s top ten exporters across all industries in 2024. This milestone makes Baykar the first company in Turkish export history to keep the defense and aerospace sector in the overall top-ten ranking for two consecutive years.
Baykar has completed its acquisition of Piaggio Aerospace, the 140-year-old Italian aviation giant. Under the agreement, Piaggio’s facilities will serve as a strategic European hub for producing both the P.180 Avanti Evo and Baykar’s indigenously UCAVs.
