STM Alpagu
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TurkeyManufacturer: STM Savunma Teknolojileri
Tube-launched fixed-wing loitering munition, Alpagu is the fixed-wing counterpart to Kargu: combining high cruise speed, swarm capability and autonomous AI guidance for precision engagements.
Tube-launched fixed-wing loitering munition, Alpagu is the fixed-wing counterpart to Kargu: combining high cruise speed, swarm capability and autonomous AI guidance for precision engagements.
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Identity
- Designation
- STM Alpagu
- Manufacturer
- STM Savunma Teknolojileri
- Country
- Turkey
- Year
- 2020
- Category
- Loitering munition
- Class
- Micro (< 250 g)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 10 km
- Endurance
- 10 min
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 1,500 m
- Propulsion
- Elettrico pusher
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 1.9 kg
- Payload
- 0.6 kg
- Weapons
- Testata frammentazione anti-personale / anti-veicolo leggero
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR con tracciamento AI
- Datalink / control
- Datalink LOS criptato + operatività swarm Kerkes
- Launch
- Tubo di lancio (catapulta pneumatica)
- Recovery
- Kamikaze
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History
Operationally introduced in 2020 with delivery to Turkish Special Forces, Alpagu is part of STM's mini loitering-munition family alongside Kargu and Togan.
Its tube-launched design allows use from vehicles, patrol boats and infantry backpacks, with reaction times under one minute.
Alpagu represents the fixed-wing evolution of Turkey's mini loitering-munition family, optimised for speed and range compared with its quadcopter sibling Kargu: the tube-launched design makes it ideal for ambushes and rapid engagement.
Together with Kargu and Togan it forms Turkey's first operational swarm system (Kerkes), capable of coordinating dozens of units in cooperative ISR + strike missions.