قدس مهاجر-6

(تم التحويل من مهاجر-6)
Mohajer-6
پهپاد مهاجر۶.jpg
الدور Combat UAV and reconnaissance
دولة المنشأ Iran
الصانع Qods Aviation Industry Company
مجموعة التصميم Qods Aviation Industry Company
المصمم Defense Industries Organization
الوضع In service
المستخدم الرئيسي Iran
المنتـَج March 2017 (unveiled)
العدد المنتج 210 as of September 2022

The Qods Mohajer-6 (فارسية: پهپاد مهاجر-6) is an ISTAR[1] UAV capable of carrying a multispectral surveillance payload and/or up to four precision-guided munitions.[بحاجة لمصدر] 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.[بحاجة لمصدر] 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]

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Design

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 7 meters long.[بحاجة لمصدر]It is similar in shape to the Selex ES Falco.

A Mohaher-6 with a Qaem missile under the wing

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]

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.[8] 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 main variants. The A variant has two hardpoints, one under each wing, which can each carry one Qaem TV/IR-guided missile or one Almas missile.[2][أ] Whilst the B variant has 4 hardpoints, with 2 under each wing carrying the same types of missiles. It has an autopilot system capable of automatic takeoff and landing. In addition, Iran describes it as capable of being fitted with electronic support measures, communications jamming, or electronic warfare payloads.[9]

Performance

The Mohajer-6 has a max takeoff weight of 600-670 kg and can carry about 100-150 kg armaments depend on model. Also the ground control station of Mohajer-6 has 200-500 km range. It has a max speed of 200 km/h, an endurance of 12 hours, and a ceiling of 16,000-18,000 feet.[10][11]

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).[بحاجة لمصدر] Both Qods and HESA are subsidiaries of Iran's state-owned Aerospace Industries Organization.

Specifications

Specifications of Mohajer-6 from Qods Aviations and Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries (HESA):

Although the manufacturing company did not officially release the specifications and announcements for mohajer-6, according to the information published by Iran's domestic news agencies, the specifications for two models are reported in June 2017 and August 2022 as follows.[12][13]

Mohajer-6 and its ground control station (GCS) that can be used jointly for the Mohajer-6, Ababil-3 and Sadeq UAVs with a 500 km range in new models.[14]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2 per ground control station
  • Length: 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
  • Wing span: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
  • Max. take-off mass: 600/670 kg (1,323/1,477 lb)
  • Payload: 100/150 kg (220/330 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × 115 hp Water-cooled 4-stroke internal combustion engine (produced in HESA)
  • Propeller: 3-bladed
  • Fuel type: gasoline (petrol)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 200 km/h (110 knots)
  • Cruise speed: 130 km/h (70 knots)
  • Radius of action: 2,000/2400 km (1,080/1,300 nmi)
  • Ground Communication range: 200-500 kilometres (130/312 mi)
  • Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,600 m)
  • Operational altitude: 16,000/18,000 ft (4,876/5,486 m)
  • Endurance: 12 hours

Armaments

4 slots for guided missiles or bombs under the wings and 2 slots under the main fuselage.

The armament mounting and launching system of Mohajer-6 is similar to many other UAV models operating within the Iranian armed forces and many types of air-to-ground, air to air missiles, guided rockets, guided mortars, electronic countermeasure and radar detection and warning pods can be used with Mohajer-6 ammunition launching system.

Operational history

The Mohajer-6 has reportedly been used against the salafist-jihadist terrorist group Jaish ul-Adl that is active in Iran's southern regions.[15] Some Mohajer-6s seem to be based at Qeshm Island.[16]

In July 2019, Iran used the Mohajer-6 against PJAK militants.[17]

Mohajer-6 was (or is) used by Russian forces to guide Geran-2 suicide drones to their targets in the region of Odessa during Russian Invasion of Ukraine.[18]

Ukraine’s defenders managed to catch a Mojaher-6 almost undamaged. There was a Qaem-5 bomb under the wing.[19]

Operators

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Notes

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