Iranian tactical/MALE UCAV with two hardpoints, conceptual equivalent of the Turkish TB2: exported to Russia, Ethiopia and Venezuela.
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Identity
- Designation
- Mohajer-6
- Manufacturer
- Qods Aviation Industries
- Country
- Iran
- Year
- 2018
- Category
- UCAV (Combat UAV)
- Class
- MALE (Medium-altitude / long-endurance)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 200 km
- Endurance
- 12 h
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 5,500 m
- Propulsion
- Pistone Rotax 912 (≈ 100 hp), elica spintore
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 670 kg
- Payload
- 100 kg
- Hardpoints
- 2
- Weapons
- 2× bombe planari Qaem-1/5 o missili Almas
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- Gimbal EO/IR Oghab-6 con designatore laser
- Datalink / control
- Datalink LOS (≈ 200 km)
- Launch
- Decollo convenzionale da pista
- Recovery
- Atterraggio su pista (carrello triciclo)
Combat use
- ▸Tigray War (2021-2022)
- ▸War in Ukraine (2022-present)
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History
Entered service with the IRGC in 2018, it is the first serially produced armed platform in the Mohajer family.
Used by Russia in Ukraine since 2022, and by Ethiopia in the Tigray War against TPLF forces.
Qods Aviation Industries' Mohajer-6 is the most modern UCAV in the Iranian Mohajer family: its architecture is inspired by Western MALE drones, with a nose air intake, two hardpoints for Qaem bombs or Almas missiles and a sensor turret under the nose.
It has been exported to Venezuela, Ethiopia, Sudan and Russia, equipping artillery and reconnaissance units. In Ethiopia it played a controversial role in the Tigray conflict (2021-2022), accused of striking civilian targets.
The Mohajer-6 is also series-produced for export through the HESA subsidiary and has consolidated Iran's position as the third-largest armed-drone exporter in the world after the United States and Israel.