Role & capabilities
- Multirole aircraft
- Autonomous runway taxi, take-off and landing
- EO/IR; advertised AESA radar and signals-intelligence options
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Multirole aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Baykar
- Origin / production countries
- Türkiye
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- AKINCI A; AKINCI B; AKINCI C
- Operators / programme customers
- No complete operator list disclosed in the reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Status and performance are attributed to the supplier. They do not establish an independently audited fleet size or effectiveness rate.
Role & programme
A twin-turboprop multirole aircraft positioned above the TB2 in size and payload capacity. Different AKINCI versions use different engine ratings.
Baykar reports a substantial accumulated flight record and multiple export agreements. Agreements are not delivery totals, and the manufacturer’s performance maxima should not be assumed achievable together. The current product table names several engine options and lists both operational and service altitudes. The programme combines long-endurance observation with optional radar, electronic-intelligence and other mission equipment.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Twin-engine fixed-wing aircraft | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source |
| Launch / recovery | Autonomous runway taxi, take-off and landing | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source |
| Propulsion | Twin turboprops; 450 / 750 / 850 hp per engine, by version | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source |
| Dimensions | 20 m span; 12.2 m length; 4.1 m height | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source |
| Mass | 6,000 kg maximum take-off mass | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source |
| Endurance | 24+ h | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source |
| Range | 6,000 km manufacturer operational-range claim; not a radius | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source |
| Speed | 150 KTAS cruise; 240 KTAS maximum | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source |
| Altitude | 30,000 ft operational; 40,000 ft ceiling | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source |
| Payload | 1,500 kg capacity | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source |
| Sensors | EO/IR; advertised AESA radar and signals-intelligence options | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source |
| Communications / navigation | LOS, BLOS and satellite links | 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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