Bayraktar TB2 FPV Drone Test: TB2 Air-Launches Skydagger Drones

Baykar says its Bayraktar TB2 FPV drone test was a success: in a flight announced on November 4, 2026, the armed drone carried 16 Skydagger FPV kamikaze drones under its wings, released two of them in the air, and the pair struck designated targets. The company did not say when the test took place.

The trial points to a new role for the TB2, one of the most widely exported combat drones in the world. Instead of only firing its own munitions, the aircraft served as a flying carrier and relay for small first-person-view (FPV) attack drones, the kind of cheap weapon that has become a fixture of modern battlefields.

How the Bayraktar TB2 FPV drone test worked

According to Baykar’s press release, the TB2 took off from the Keşan Flight Training and Test Center in Edirne, northwestern Türkiye, loaded with 16 Skydagger FPV kamikaze drones, and flew to the test area. There, two of the FPV drones were dropped from the aircraft.

Baykar says the released drones were controlled by operators “independent of the ground” through a connection established via the TB2 itself. Baykar says the drones hit “the designated targets with pinpoint accuracy.” The release refers to both a single target and multiple targets, and it does not say what happened to the remaining 14 drones.

Baykar published footage of the test on its official YouTube channel, showing the drones mounted under the TB2’s wings and a view from the camera of a released drone.

Why it matters

FPV drones are small, inexpensive and short-ranged. Using a larger aircraft to carry them and relay their control signals could let operators launch them far from where the crews are located. Baykar presents the test as part of its effort to equip the TB2 with “new capabilities tailored to the evolving conditions of the battlefield.” The company has added other features to the platform recently, including electronic warfare and radar capabilities, and it has also shown autonomous swarm capabilities at the Ateş Serbest-2026 exercise.

Baykar’s export numbers

Baykar says it remained the world’s largest exporter of unmanned aerial vehicles in 2025, with a record $2.2 billion in exports, and that exports have made up 90% of its revenue in recent years. The company has signed export deals with 39 countries in total: 36 for the TB2 and, so far, 16 for the larger AKINCI.

The TB2 test follows another recent Baykar trial, in which the Bayraktar TB3 launched a sonobuoy during the TURNAs-2026 exercise.

Source: Baykar