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🇹🇷 Bayraktar TB3
Air · Baykar · 2025
Folding-wing ship-based MALE UCAV capable of taking off and landing from short-deck vessels (TCG Anadolu) — the first serial ship-borne armed MALE UAV and the sea-deployable successor to the TB2.
Specifications
- Type: ship-based MALE UCAV
- Wing / Length: 14 m / 8.35 m
- MTOW: ~1,600 kg
- Payload: 280 kg
- Endurance: 21+ hours
- Armament: 6 stations · MAM-L / MAM-T
- Engine: TEI PD170 turbodiesel
Beats: Deniz/kıyı hedefleri (MAM-L/T), zayıf-HS ortamında ISR+taarruz
Loses to: Modern IADS + çağdaş avcı, yoğun EW / GPS kısıtlama
Fills the TB2's sea-deployment gap. First take-off and landing from TCG Anadolu on Nov 19, 2024; operational Sep 2025; first live MAM-L launch from the ship on Feb 14, 2026. Indonesia ordered 60 units.
Related systems
Same manufacturer (Baykar): Bayraktar KIZILELMA, Bayraktar TB2, Bayraktar Akıncı, Bayraktar KEMANKEŞ, K2 Kamikaze İHA, Sivrisinek, Bayraktar KALKAN, Bayraktar Mini İHA
Related systems (Air): KAAN, ANKA-3, Vyriy OPTO 10, Skydagger, AKBABA, GÖKTUĞ (Gökdoğan/Bozdoğan), SOM, ÇAKIR, MAM-L, MAM-T