KARGU
Rotary-wing loitering munition with optical sensing, documented supplier-reported service and continuing export orders.
- Country / region
- Türkiye
- Programme status
- Order / production commitment
- Sources reviewed
- 20 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Loitering munition
- Developer / manufacturer
- STM
- Origin / production countries
- Türkiye
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- KARGU main product; RF-sensing KARGU configuration; KARGUFPV: separate branded system
- Operators / programme customers
- Türkiye — supplier reports inventory entry in 2018; Unnamed NATO/EU country — January 2026 order
Evidence & current status
Specifications are attributed public claims. Configuration, current fleet size and deliveries may not be fully disclosed.
Role & capabilities
- Loitering munition
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Multirotor loitering munition
Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance.
Source - Launch / recovery
- Vertical take-off
Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance.
Source - Propulsion
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source - Dimensions
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source - Mass
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source - Endurance
- More than 30 minutes in January 2026 main-product description; 25 minutes for July 2025 RF version
Different published configurations; not interchangeable.
Source - Range
- 10 km advertised operating range
Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance.
Source - Speed
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source - Altitude
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source - Payload
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source - Sensors
- EO/IR; RF-sensing version separately tested
Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance.
Source - Communications / navigation
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source