TURUL / STM VTOL
Turkish fixed-wing VTOL reconnaissance system with a current thirty-five-kilogram product baseline.
- Country / region
- Türkiye
- Programme status
- Supplier-reported status
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
Supplier-reported statusSupplier-reported status
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- STM
- Origin / production countries
- Türkiye
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- TURUL current baseline; Earlier STM-VTOL naming
- Operators / programme customers
- Not identified in reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Supplier information is attributed; performance and operational acceptance require configuration-specific evidence.
Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Fixed-wing VTOL
Current TURUL baseline.
Source - Launch / recovery
- Vertical take-off and landing
Manufacturer configuration.
Source - Propulsion
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Dimensions
- 3.6 m wingspan
Supplier table.
Source - Mass
- 35 kg maximum take-off
Current baseline.
Source - Endurance
- 2 hours
Supplier maximum.
Source - Range
- 100 km flight range; 60 km line-of-sight datalink
Different measures.
Source - Speed
- 28 m/s cruise
Supplier table.
Source - Altitude
- 2,000 m MSL service ceiling
Current product value.
Source - Payload
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Sensors
- Stabilised EO/IR
Supplier baseline.
Source - Communications / navigation
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source