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Drones & UAVsIn service
Unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle
KAI RQ-101 Songgolmae is a unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle originating in South Korea. It was built by Korea Aerospace Industries. Reported operators include Republic of Korea Army.
KAI RQ-101 Songgolmae
대한민국 국군 Republic of Korea Armed Forces · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · ModifiedUnmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle
South Korea
Korea Aerospace Industries
Agency for Defense Development Korea Aerospace Industries
In service
Republic of Korea Army
2000–present
2002
1993
Unmanned
4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
215 kg (474 lb)
290 kg (639 lb)
50 kg (110 lb)
1 × propeller engine 52 shp (39 kW)
185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
200 km (120 mi, 110 nmi)
6 hours
4,500 m (14,800 ft)
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 4.7 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
KAI RQ-101 Songgolmae equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Reported count for KAI RQ-101 Songgolmae. Service scope: Republic of Korea Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 4 corps. Origin: unstated. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.