Role & capabilities
- Multirole aircraft
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Multirole aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Qods Aviation Industries / Iranian defence industry
- Origin / production countries
- Iran
- Other names
- Mohajer 6; Qods Mohajer-6
- Variants / configurations
- Mohajer-6; not interchangeable with other Mohajer family members
- Operators / programme customers
- Iran — documented in US government references; Russia — Iranian-origin aircraft documented in the Ukraine conflict
Evidence & current status
Aircraft identity and use are supported by public government assessments. Foreign intelligence references are attributed assessments, and historical fleet counts are not presented as current totals.
Mohajer-6 is an Iranian reusable fixed-wing aircraft designed for reconnaissance and armed missions. The US Army’s public equipment reference describes a twin-boom airframe with runway take-off and landing, a forward navigation camera and an optical sensor installation. It is structurally and operationally distinct from expendable Shahed-family one-way aircraft.
The US Defense Intelligence Agency’s August 2023 visual comparison identifies a Mohajer-6 recovered from the Black Sea in October 2022 and compares it with aircraft displayed in Iran and Iraq. That offers public evidence of the aircraft’s presence in the Ukraine conflict without requiring reliance on a single manufacturer’s marketing claims. It does not provide a complete inventory or current operational readiness for any user.
The Army reference supplies dimensions and describes a series-production milestone, but some of its fleet quantities are explicitly historical. Those figures are not carried forward as current totals. Other members of the Mohajer family have different airframes and equipment; they should not be merged into a universal Mohajer specification. This profile records the documented aircraft while leaving unsupported current performance and production figures unresolved.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Twin-boom fixed-wing multirole aircraft | Attributed public-source description; not independent performance certification. Source ↗ |
| Launch / recovery | Runway take-off and landing | Attributed public-source description; not independent performance certification. Source ↗ |
| Propulsion | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | Wingspan 10 m; length 5.67 m | Attributed public-source description; not independent performance certification. Source ↗ |
| Mass | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Range | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. 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 | Multispectral EO/IR installation and navigation camera | Attributed public-source description; not independent performance certification. Source ↗ |
| Communications / navigation | Autopilot with automatic take-off and landing described | Attributed public-source description; not independent performance certification. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Added a sourced global catalogue profile with configuration-specific data and explicit evidence limits.
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Follow the evidence
Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.
- US Army ODIN: Mohajer-6 public equipment reference (opens in a new tab)Government assessment
- DIA: Iranian UAVs in Ukraine, August 2023 (opens in a new tab)Government intelligence assessment