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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
Measured figures
Ababil-2 · Length
Single source2.88 m (9 ft 5 in)[source]
Configuration
| Specification | HESA Ababil | Tupolev Tu-143 |
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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 reconnaissance aircraft[source]Tupolev Tu-143 Reys |
| National origin | Iran[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| Manufacturer | HESA Isfahan factory Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (Ababil-3)[source] | Tupolev |
Ababil-2 · Wingspan
Single source3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)[source]
Ababil-2 · Height
Single source0.91 m (3 ft 0 in)[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]
Ababil-2 · or higher
Single source3,000 m (9,800 ft) or higher[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] | Active[source]Tupolev Tu-143 Reys |
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| Primary user | Iran Iraq Sudan Syria (Historical)[source] | Soviet Union Russia Ukraine Hezbollah[source]Tupolev Tu-143 Reys |
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| Number built | Unknown (Hundreds)[source] | 950[source]Tupolev Tu-143 Reys |
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| Manufactured | 1980s–present[source] | 1973–1989 (Tu-243 1994-)[source]Tupolev Tu-143 Reys |
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| Introduction date | disputed[source] | 1976 (Army i.e. Ground Forces, SSV) 1982 (Air Force, VVS) (Tu-243 1999)[source]Tupolev Tu-143 Reys |
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| First flight | 1986[source] | 1970 (Tu-243 1987)[source]Tupolev Tu-143 Reys |
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| Capacity | 40 kg payload[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 16 liters[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 1 ¼ – 2 hr[source] | — |
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| Propellers | 2-bladed[source] | — |
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| Developed from | — | Tupolev Tu-141[source]Tupolev Tu-143 Reys |
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| Former operator · Bulgaria | — | Bulgaria[source] |
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| Former operator · Czech Republic | — | Czech Republic[source] |
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| Former operator · Czechoslovakia | — | Czechoslovakia[source] |
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| Former operator · Republic of Iraq | — | Republic of Iraq[source] |
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| Former operator · Romania | — | Romania[source] |
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| Former operator · Slovakia | — | Slovakia[source] |
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| Former operator · Soviet Union | — | Soviet Union[source] |
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