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The HESA Ababil (Persian: ابابیل) is an Iranian family of single-engine multirole tactical unmanned aerial vehicles manufactured by Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA). The Ababil comes in four main lines, the Ababil-2 ,3, 4 and 5, of which the Ababil-2 has a number of variants. It is considered a long-range, cost ...
40 Philippines. 41 Poland. 42 Portugal. ... List of Iranian drone bases. Shahed 171 Mohajer-6. HESA Ababil; Hemaseh ... (delivery drone) List of United States drone ...
This list is largely courtesy of globalsecurity.org. [16] Iran has several organizations that manufacture drones, amongst which are: Qods Aviation Industry Company, IAMCO and Shahed Aviation Industries. Ababeel UAV (swallow) Ababil-2 Ababeel-3 Ababeel-B Ababeel-S Ababeel-T; Arash UAV / Arash-2; Baaz UAV (falcon) Chabokpar UAV (light wing ...
Homa, Chamrosh, Jubin, Ababil-4 and Bavar-5 - naval drones [70] Safir - training drone; Shahab - training and reconnaissance drone [71] Shahed 131 – A suicide drone (kamikaze) [72] Meraj-521 - suicide drone similar to the US Switchblade kamikaze drone [73] Meraj-532 - suicide drone with a range of 450 km and a warhead of 50 kg [74]
The cost–benefit analysis of these drones compared to defending surface-to-air missile systems is in favor of the Shahed drones. [5] Loitering munitions downed after they have reached cities can lead to large-scale collateral damage from falling wreckage. Initially, the price of a Shahed-136 drone was estimated at between $20,000 and $50,000. [5]
HESA has been subject to American sanctions since 2008. [6] The Council of the European Union sanctioned it on 26 July 2010, [7] and HM Treasury on 27 July 2010. [8] On 30 January 2023, the European Union imposed additional sanctions on HESA for providing Russia with UAVs used in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [9] [10]
Initial 2 systems with 4 drones and 2 ground stations each, [20] delivered through US military assistance in 2021, with possibly more to follow. AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven United States: Miniature UAV: RQ-11B: 1 system [21] Initial 1 system with 3 drones delivered on January 27, 2017, with possibly more to follow. MAG Aerospace Super Swiper II ...
Philippines: Small UAV: 2 [90] The first drone is known as Raptor and the second drone is known as Knight Falcon while a third drone is still being made. [90] [91] The Raptor is smaller and has less endurance than the Knight Falcon. Only a few limited units were tested and produced, however, planned additional units were cancelled due to an ...