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BDrones & UAVs
Ababil-1 : Loitering munition Ababil-2 Ababil-B : Target drone Ababil-S : Surveillance and reconnaissance Qasef-1 : Loitering munition Ababil-3 , Ababil-4 and Ababil-5 : Surveillance and reconnaissanc
Measured figures
Ababil-2 · Length
Single source2.88 m (9 ft 5 in)[source]
Configuration
| Specification | GIDS Shahpar-III | HESA Ababil |
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| Crew | None[source] | none[source] |
| Type | UCAV[source] | Ababil-1 : Loitering munition Ababil-2 Ababil-B : Target drone Ababil-S : Surveillance and reconnaissance Qasef-1 : Loitering munition Ababil-3 , Ababil-4 and Ababil-5 : Surveillance and reconnaissance Armed variant: Combat drone[source] |
| Role | Strike / ISR[source] | — |
| National origin | Pakistan[source] | Iran[source] |
Ababil-2 · Height
Single source0.91 m (3 ft 0 in)[source]
170hp configuration · Range
Single source3,000 km (1,900 mi, 1,600 nmi)[source]
Ababil-2 · Combat range
Single source120 km (75 mi, 65 nmi)[source]
Ababil-2 · 1 × WAE-342 twin-cylinder piston engine
Single source1 × WAE-342 twin-cylinder piston engine, 19 kW (25 hp)[source]
Ababil-2 · Wing area
Single source1.76 m 2 (18.9 sq ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Manufacturer | GIDS[source] | HESA Isfahan factory Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (Ababil-3)[source] |
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| Designer | NESCOM[source] | Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company[source] |
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| Introduction date | November 2024[source] | disputed[source] |
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| First flight | 2023[source] | 1986[source] |
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| Predecessors | GIDS Shahpar-2[source] | — |
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| Hardpoints | 6 with a capacity of 530kg (external) & 165kg (internal)[source] | — |
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| Rockets | Eghraaq smart torpedo[source] | — |
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| Missiles | Barq laser guided missiles[source] | — |
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| Bombs | AB-500 LGBs[source] | — |
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| Status | — | In service[source] |
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| Primary user | — | Iran Iraq Sudan Syria (Historical)[source] |
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| Number built | — | Unknown (Hundreds)[source] |
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| Manufactured | — | 1980s–present[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 40 kg payload[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 16 liters[source] |
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| Propellers | — | 2-bladed[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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