Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance
- 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.
TURUL is STM’s fixed-wing VTOL reconnaissance aircraft, also connected to the company’s STM-VTOL naming. It combines vertical launch and recovery with wing-borne cruise and a stabilised day/night imaging payload. Its architecture and mission distinguish it from STM’s smaller quadcopters.
The product table separates a hundred-kilometre flight-range claim from a sixty-kilometre line-of-sight communications figure. Neither should be substituted for the other. Published duration and speed remain supplier values, and the page does not tie every maximum to a single payload and environmental condition.
STM’s March 2026 corporate account describes STM-VTOL among its developed and fielded systems. That supports a supplier-reported status, while leaving a named customer and exact delivered configuration unestablished. A dated operator acceptance would strengthen the profile without relying on a broad portfolio statement. Older STM-VTOL material should retain its own revision when compared with the current TURUL table.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Publication history
- — Published reference update.
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