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Choose up to three systems. Specifications retain their source and configuration; missing information is left undisclosed.

Ababil-2

Iranian tactical UAV family with a documented Tajik production initiative and a historical public product specification.

Country / region
Iran
Programme status
Order / production commitment
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
Order / production commitmentOrder / production commitment
Primary domain
Air
System type
Multirole aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Iranian aviation industry; Qods catalogue listing
Origin / production countries
Iran
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
Not distinguished in reviewed sources
Operators / programme customers
Not identified in reviewed sources

Evidence & current status

Production cooperation is documented. Current output, delivered fleet size and factory-level attribution remain unresolved; no alias equivalence with Ababil-3 assumed.

Role & capabilities

  • Advertised reconnaissance
  • Advertised communications relay

Specifications in context

Airframe
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Launch / recovery
Assisted launch; parachute or skid recovery

Historic advertised options.

Source
Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Dimensions
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Mass
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Endurance
75–120 minutes

2013–2016 advertised configuration.

Source
Range
100 km operational radius

Historic catalogue.

Source
Speed
250 km/h maximum

Historic catalogue.

Source
Altitude
11,000 ft

Historic flight-altitude claim.

Source
Payload
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Sensors
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source