Role & capabilities
- Persistent EO/IR observation
- Automatic flight functions
- Armed configurations
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Multirole aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Baykar
- Origin / production countries
- Türkiye
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- TB2-A; TB2-B; TB2-C; TB2-D
- Operators / programme customers
- No complete operator list disclosed in the reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
The cited public record documents military use or operator acceptance. Specifications still depend on the particular production version and mission configuration.
Role & programme
An established medium-altitude aircraft combining reconnaissance sensors and an armed mission option. The TB2 family is distinct from Baykar's larger Akıncı and newer jet programmes.
The current Baykar table lists 700 kg MTOW and 18+ hours endurance. The prominently quoted 27-hour flight record is a separate test result. Older customer descriptions and different TB2 versions should not be merged into a single best-case set of numbers.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Fixed-wing multirole aircraft | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Launch / recovery | Automatic runway take-off, landing and taxi | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Propulsion | 100 hp internal-combustion engine | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | 12 m span; 6.4 m length; 2.2 m height | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Mass | 700 kg MTOW in current table | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | 18+ h current specification; 27 h 3 min is a separate flight record | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Range | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Speed | 90 KTAS cruise; 110 KTAS maximum | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Altitude | 16,000 ft operational; 20,000 ft ceiling | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Payload | 150 kg | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | EO/IR or surveillance-radar options | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Communications / navigation | LOS/BLOS options; sensor-fusion navigation | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Expanded catalogue profile with sourced specifications, variant distinctions, programme evidence and explicit public data gaps.
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Follow the evidence
Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.
- Baykar TB2 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme source
- Türkiye SSB UAV programme overview (opens in a new tab)Government / operator