Qods Mohajer-6

Mohajer-6
Role Multirole, including ISR and air-to-ground strike[1]
National origin Iran
Manufacturer Qods Aviation Industry Company
Design group Qods Aviation Industry Company
Status In service
Primary user Iran
Produced February 2018[2]
Number built 210 as of September 2022[citation needed]

The Mohajer-6 (Persian: پهپاد مهاجر-6) is an Iranian single-engine multirole ISTAR[3] UAV capable of carrying a multispectral surveillance payload and/or up to four precision-guided munitions.

The Mohajer-6 was unveiled in April 2016[4] and entered mass production in February 2018.[2] As of February 2018, ten have been manufactured for the IRGC Ground Forces,[5] and 40 are planned for the IRGC Navy.[5] It complements the larger Shahed 129 operated by the IRGC Aerospace Force.[6] The drone has also been delivered to the Iranian Army.[4]

  1. ^ Iran Military Power (PDF). Defense Intelligence Agency. 2019. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-16-095157-2.
  2. ^ a b Binnie, Jeremy (7 February 2018). "Iran's Mohajer 6 armed UAV goes into production". Jane's Information Group . Archived from the original on 16 July 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Jeremy Binnie (18 July 2019). "Iranian army deploys armed UAVs". Jane's Defence Weekly. London.
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