Astore Levante
TB3-derived combat drone unveiled by LBA Systems, mating Baykar's airframe with Leonardo systems.
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A combat-proven Turkish airframe now flies under an Italian name; what does Astore Levante offer NATO buyers?
Timeline for Astore Levante
Unveiled as the productionised TB3-derived airframe
Drones: Industry & Defence: Leonardo, Baykar put TB3 on Italian linesBackground
Astore Levante is a Bayraktar TB3-derived combat drone unveiled by joint venture LBA Systems at Farnborough on 22 July 2026, mating Baykar's combat-proven TB3 airframe with Leonardo sensors, mission systems and ground control. The aircraft will be built through Leonardo's own production lines in Italy.
The drone carries the TB3's combat record into a new industrial home. Baykar has spent 2026 turning its drone family into exports, closing its first Kizilelma jet-drone sale to Indonesia in May; Astore Levante gives that portfolio a Western manufacturing base and a route into NATO buyers Turkey alone could not reach.
Astore Levante arrives in the same Farnborough week as Britain's Brontanax and Anduril and ARCHeR's Thunder, part of a cluster of combat-drone reveals in July 2026.