Mohajer-4 / Hodhod
Iranian composite tactical reconnaissance aircraft with a distinct airframe and later Mohajer-4B developments.
- Country / region
- Iran
- Programme status
- In service / use documented
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Qods Aviation Industries
- Origin / production countries
- Iran
- Other names
- Hodhod
- Variants / configurations
- Mohajer-4 — baseline; Mohajer-4B — revised airframe; separate specification required
- Operators / programme customers
- Iran — Army and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Evidence & current status
US government reference provides historical service and configuration evidence. Present inventory and export identities require further operator documentation.
Role & capabilities
- Tactical reconnaissance
- Video imagery
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Composite, twin-boom configuration
Baseline description.
Source - Launch / recovery
- Skid or parachute recovery
Recovery options described by ODIN.
Source - Propulsion
- Piston engine with rear propeller
Baseline reference.
Source - Dimensions
- 3.64 m length; 5.3 m span
Baseline Mohajer-4, ODIN reference.
Source - Mass
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Endurance
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Range
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Speed
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Altitude
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Payload
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Sensors
- Navigation and surveillance cameras; infrared fit unresolved
The reference explicitly notes disagreement over infrared capability.
Source - Communications / navigation
- Preprogrammed flight with radio updates
ODIN reference; current installation not established.
Source