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Mohajer-6
File:پهپاد مهاجر۶.jpg
Role Combat UAVs and reconnaissance
National origin Iran
Manufacturer Qods Aviation Industry Company
Design group Qods Aviation Industry Company
Designer Defense Industries Organization
Status In service
Primary user Iran
Produced March 2017 (unveiled)
Number built Mass production

The Qods Mohajer-6 (Persian: پهپاد مهاجر-6) is an ISTAR[1] UAV capable of carrying a multispectral surveillance payload and/or up to two precision-guided munitions.[citation needed] Ten have been manufactured as of February 2018 for the IRGC Ground Forces,[2] and 40 are planned for the IRGC Navy.[2] The Mohajer-6 complements the larger Shahed 129 operated by the third IRGC branch, the IRGC-ASF.[citation needed] Three have also been delivered to the Iranian Army.[3]

The Mohajer-6 entered serial production in February 2018.[4] As with other members of the Mohajer family, the Mohajer-6 is made of composite.[5]

Design

A Mohaher-6 with a Qaem missile under the wing

The Mohajer-6 has a rectangular fuselage, an upwards-sloping nose, twin tailbooms, a top-mounted horizontal stabilizer, uncanted wingtips, straight wings mounted high and to the rear of the body, and air intakes on the top and bottom of the engine. The Mohajer-6 is controlled by two elevators on the horizontal stabilizer, rudders on the vertical stabilizers, and two flaps per wing. Unlike other Mohajer variants, it has a three-bladed propeller. The Mohajer-6 has a wingspan of 10 meters and is 5.67 meters long.[citation needed]It is similar in shape to the Selex ES Falco.

The Mohajer-6 has fixed tricycle landing gear, which underwent changes between the unveiling ceremony in 2017 and mass production in 2018, perhaps to accommodate more weight.[6] It is launched and recovered via runway takeoff/landing.[7]

File:Qaem air-to-ground glide bomb.jpg
Qaem air to ground bomb

It has a fixed, forward facing camera for navigation and a gimbal on the chin for a laser range finder and multispectral IR and visible light electro-optical imagery.[citation needed]The Mohajer-6 has three antennas, two on its left wing and one on its right, and a pitot tube on its nose. The Mohajer-6 has two hardpoints, one under each wing, which can each carry one Qaem TV/IR-guided missile.[2][a] It has an autopilot system capable of automatic takeoff and landing.<[citation needed] In addition, Iran describes it as capable of being fitted with electronic support measures, communications jamming, or electronic warfare payloads.[citation needed]

Performance

The Mohajer-6 has a max takeoff weight of 600 kg, a payload of 100;kg, and an operating range of 200 km. It has a max speed of 200 km/h, an endurance of 12 hours, and a ceiling of 18000 feet.[citation needed]

Multiple sources say that although the Mohajer-6 is designed by Qods Aviation, it is manufactured by Qods' longtime rival, Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA).[citation needed] Both Qods and HESA are subsidiaries of Iran's state-owned Aerospace Industries Organization.[citation needed]

Operational history

Iran's Aerospace Industries Organization describes the Mohajer-6 as "operationally proven,"[citation needed] and it has reportedly been used against the salafist-jihadist terrorist group Jaish ul-Adl that is active in Iran's southern regions.[8] Some Mohajer-6s seem to be based at Qeshm Island.[9] In July 2019, Iran used the Mohajer-6 against PJAK militants.[10] An estimated 30 Mohajer-6 drones have been built as of July 2019.[citation needed]

Operators

References

  1. ^ Keshavarz and Bunker (March 2018). "Iran Develops UAS with 'Smart Bomb' Capability". Operational Environment Watch: Foreign News & Perspectives of the Operational Environment. 8 (3). Foreign Military Studies Office: 18.
  2. ^ a b c "Babak Taghvaee on Twitter". Twitter. Feb 5, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Jeremy Binnie (18 July 2019). "Iranian army deploys armed UAVs". Jane's Defence Weekly. London: IHS Jane's 360.
  4. ^ a b Binnie, Jeremy (February 7, 2018). "Iran's Mohajer 6 armed UAV goes into production". Jane's Information Group.
  5. ^ "گزارش|استقرار پرنده های جدید نزاجا در مرز ایران و افغانستان/ ارتش به پهپادهای 2هزار کیلومتری مجهز شد- اخبار سیاسی - اخبار تسنیم - Tasnim". خبرگزاری تسنیم - Tasnim.
  6. ^ "Hossein Dalirian on Twitter". Twitter. Feb 5, 2018.
  7. ^ "افتتاح خط تولید انبوه پهپاد مهاجر۶ مسلح به بمب‌های هوشمند قائم". kayhan.ir.
  8. ^ "Babak Taghvaee on Twitter". Twitter. 29 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Iran Relocates Radar and Expands UAV Airfield on Qeshm". bellingcat. 13 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Iran says it used new IRGC drone unit to attack Kurdish dissidents". Jerusalem Post.
  11. ^ https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/ethiopia-may-have-iranian-uavs
  12. ^ https://community.apan.org/wg/tradoc-g2/fmso/m/oe-watch-articles-singular-format/323769
  13. ^ https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/mohajer.htm
  14. ^ sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.janes.com/amp/iraqi-militias-parade-iranian-uav/ZnlJK3dHVU9mZ28xajRJVkc5dVI5VFp1cVMwPQ2&ved=2ahUKEwiDmInX6efyAhWL26QKHfBiCgoQFnoECC4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw1y9zsKSm6ZQNBmmO8BrcmO&ampcf=1

Notes

  1. ^ For unknown reasons most of the Mohajer-6s displayed at Iran's mass production announcement in 2018 had no hardpoints.[4]
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