Baykar
Robot types: Uas, Loitering munition. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 43.4/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 6 of 26 among Drones / eVTOL companies with incidents (550 tracked).
Analyst brief
Two entries populate the record, both severity 4 losses of Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned aircraft: a 2025 crash in Libya and a 2026 shootdown over Yemen described as the type's first confirmed combat loss. Both are airframe-loss events in active conflict zones, one attributed to hostile action and one unspecified by cause in the data, with no injury, cyber, or regulatory entries present. The record is press-driven, consistent with combat-loss reporting rather than safety-regulator findings. The pattern is narrow and single-mode: total airframe loss in contested airspace, with no other failure type represented.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Drones / eVTOL (primary), Defense / space · Sectors: Armed Forces
Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type. Listed industry was Defense / space; RobotRisk files this company under Drones / eVTOL because that is where its documented incident risk sits.
| Robot type | Share of company risk | Rank within type |
|---|---|---|
| Uas | 100% | 4 of 8 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayraktar TB2 | Uas | shipping | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bayraktar Akıncı | Uas | shipping | 2 | 43.4 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| crash | 2 | 100% |
Unique incident list
2 unique incidents on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 26 Jul 2026 | crash | — | Bayraktar Akıncı shot down over Yemen (first confirmed combat loss) | Defence Security Asia |
| S4 | ~Jan 2025 | crash | Libya | Bayraktar Akıncı drone crashes in Libya | Military Africa |
S4 26 Jul 2026 · crash · Bayraktar Akıncı shot down over Yemen (first confirmed combat loss)
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 26 Jul 2026 | Bayraktar Akıncı shot down over Yemen (first confirmed combat loss) | Defence Security Asia |
S4 ~Jan 2025 · crash · Bayraktar Akıncı drone crashes in Libya
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | ~Jan 2025 | Bayraktar Akıncı drone crashes in Libya | Military Africa |
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