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ADrones & 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
At a glance
Measured figures
Ababil-2 · Length
Single source2.88 m (9 ft 5 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | HESA Ababil | TAI Aksungur |
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| Crew | none[source] | — |
| Type | 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] | Unmanned combat aerial vehicle[source] |
| National origin | Iran[source] | Turkey[source] |
| Manufacturer | HESA Isfahan factory Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (Ababil-3)[source] | Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) |
Official specification · aksungur; 12.5 m
Manufacturer claimRange
Single source6,500 km (4,000 mi, 3,500 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]
2 × TEI-PD170 4-cylinder liquid-cooled turbo-charged horizontally-opposed piston engine each
Single source2 × TEI-PD170 4-cylinder liquid-cooled turbo-charged horizontally-opposed piston engine, 130–160 kW (170–220 hp) each[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.
| Designer | Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company[source] | — |
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| Status | In service[source] | In service[source] |
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| Primary user | Iran Iraq Sudan Syria (Historical)[source] | Turkish Armed Forces[source] |
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| Number built | Unknown (Hundreds)[source] | 12 (as of March 2023)[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1980s–present[source] | 2019-present[source] |
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| Introduction date | disputed[source] | 20 October 2021[source] |
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| First flight | 1986[source] | 20 March 2019[source] |
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| Capacity | 40 kg payload[source] | >750 kg (1,650 lb) payload[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | 16 liters[source] | — |
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| Propellers | 2-bladed[source] | 3-bladed constant-speed pusher propeller[source] |
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| Hardpoints | — | 6 (Aksungur has 3 hardpoints on each wing with 500 kg, 300 kg and 150 kg capacities) , with provisions to carry combinations of: Missiles: CIRIT ASW : Possibly ROKETSAN DSH (Anti Submarine Warfare Rocket) and Roketsan Orka torpedoes for maritime patrol duties. Bombs : Up to 12 MAM : MAM-L and MAM-C precision-guided munitions L-UMTAS TEBER-81 (laser guided MK-81 ) TEBER-82 (laser guided MK-82 ) HGK-3 (Precision Guidance Kit) KGK (82) (Winged Guidance Kit) UAV Süper Şimşek UAV System[source] |
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| Communication range | — | Line-of-sight propagation : >250 kilometres (155 mi) Satellite Communications (SATCOM): >5,000 kilometres (3,107 mi)[source] |
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| Line-of-sight propagation | — | >250 kilometres (155 mi)[source] |
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| Satellite Communications (SATCOM) | — | >5,000 kilometres (3,107 mi)[source] |
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| Missiles | — | CIRIT[source] |
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| ASW | — | Possibly ROKETSAN DSH (Anti Submarine Warfare Rocket) and Roketsan Orka torpedoes for maritime patrol duties.[source] |
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| Bombs | — | Up to 12 MAM : MAM-L and MAM-C precision-guided munitions L-UMTAS TEBER-81 (laser guided MK-81 ) TEBER-82 (laser guided MK-82 ) HGK-3 (Precision Guidance Kit) KGK (82) (Winged Guidance Kit)[source] |
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| UAV | — | Süper Şimşek UAV System[source] |
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| Payload | — | 750+ kg[source] |
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| Reported operators |
| — |
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Maximum take-off; Official specification · aksungur; 3,300 kg
Manufacturer claim