Ababil-2 Iranian Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

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categories

"WEG"

"Aircraft"

"Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)"

"Short-Range UAVs (51-150 km Range)"

"Tier3"

notes

"The Ababil-2 has an improved flight-control system. Jane's reports that the Ababil-2 had its first flight in 1997 while Galen Wright writes that it entered production in 1992. Both sources agree the Ababil-2 was publicly revealed in 1999. Some sources also designate the Ababil-2 as the Ababil-II. The most common Ababil-2 variant is a target drone variant used for training air-defense crews. Rudimentary surveillance capabilities and can be used as a loitering munition, but is mainly used as a target drone."

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name	"UAV ABABIL 2 RECON IRN"
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images

"Ababilo-2.png"

sections

name

"System"

properties

name	"Alternative Designation"
value	"Ababil-2; Ababil-II"

name	"Type of UAV"
value	"Long-range, low-technology drone"

name	"Date of Introduction"
value	"1999"

name	"Manufacturer"
value	"Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA)."

name	"Proliferation"
value	"Total: +370 Iran Sudan Syria Iraq"

name	"Primary Function"
value	"Target Drone, Surveillance"

name	"Flight Control Method"
value	"INA"

name	"Day/Night Capable"
value	"INA"

name	"All Weather Capable"
value	"INA"

name	"Takeoff or Landing Limitations"
value	"INA"

name	"Ground Crew"
value	"INA"

name	"Endurance"
value	"2"
units	"houors"

name	"Date Transmit Distance"
value	"INA"

name	"Location Positioning System"
value	"INA"

name	"Launch System"
value	"A zero-length JATO platform or a Mercedes Benz 911 pneumatic truck launcher. Additionally, The rocket launch system can be used from a ship deck and can be assembled or broken down for portability."

name	"Recovery System"
value	"a parachute provides a descent rate of 4 m/s, or skids can be used for conventional landings on a runway or field"

name	"Number of Hard Points"
value	"INA"

name	"Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) Capable"
value	"No"

name	"Automatic Landing and Takeoff Capability"
value	"INA"

name	"Landing Gear"
value	"Some variants have been seen with landing gear"

name	"Wars"
value	"The Ababil has been used in the 2006 Lebanon War, the Iraq War, and the Sudanese, Syrian, Iraqi, and Yemeni civil wars"

name	"Note"
value	"Rudimentary surveillance capabilities and can be used as a loitering munition, but is mainly used as a target drone"

name

"Dimensions"

properties

name	"Length"
value	"2.88"
units	"m"

name	"Width (Wing Span)"
value	"3.25"
units	"m"

name	"Height"
value	"0.91"
units	"m"

name	"Wing Area"
value	"1.76 m2"

name	"Empty Weight"
value	"30"
units	"kg"

name	"Max Takeoff Weight"
value	"83"
units	"kg"

name	"Payload Capacity"
value	"40"
units	"kg"

name

"Automotive"

properties

name	"Engine Name"
value	"1 × WAE-342"

name	"Engine Type"
value	"Twin-cylinder piston engine"

name	"Engine Power"
value	"25"
units	"hp"

name	"Maximum Range"
value	"120"
units	"km"

name	"Speed, Maximum"
value	"370"
units	"km/h"

name	"Speed, Cruise"
value	"250–305"
units	"km/h"

name	"Endurance"
value	"2"
units	"hours"

name	"Service Ceiling"
value	"3,000"
units	"m"

name	"Fuel Capacity"
value	"16 Liters"

name	"Propellers"
value	"2-bladed"

name

"Communications"

properties

name	"Radio"
value	"Data Link"

name	"Retrans Radio"
value	"INA"

name

"Fire Control"

properties

name	"Fire Control System Type"
value	"No"

name	"Fire Control Radar"
value	"No"

name	"Radar Type"
value	"INA"

name	"Laser Rangefinder"
value	"INA"

name	"Full-Motion Video"
value	"INA"

name	"Still Camera"
value	"INA"

name	"Thermal Imaging Sensors"
value	"INA"

name	"Electro Optical Pod"
value	"No"

name	"SAR/GMTI"
value	"No"

name

"Protection"

properties

name	"Fuselage"
value	"Cylindrical fuselage"

name	"Stealth Properties"
value	"No"

name	"Heat Signature Reduction"
value	"No"

name	"Add on Armor"
value	"No"

name	"EW"
value	"No"

name	"EW Counter Measures / CCM"
value	"No"

name	"Counter Measures (Chaffs/Flares)"
value	"No"

variants

name	"Ababil-B"
notes	"The Ababil-B is a target drone used for air defense unit training; it features a radar augmentation device."

name	"Ababil-S"
notes	"This is the reconnaissance configuration, also known as the Ababil 5. It includes an electro-optical (EO) camera in the nose. It also has a real-time imagery downlink."

name	"Ababil-T"
notes	"This is a strike variant. It comes with a daylight television camera, located underneath the fuselage. The variant can also carry a medium-sized high-explosive warhead. The night-time shootdown of an Ababil during the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in July-August of 2006 suggested that its sensor packag e had been modified to include an infrared system. The Ababil-T has a twin-tail configuration."

name	"Ababil Jet/Hadaf 1"
notes	"This version was said to be in development in 2007. It is powered by a TEM Toloue-4 840-lb (3.7 kN) static thrust axial jet engine used on the C-802/Noor anti-ship missile and UAV/target drone."

name	"Ababil-3"
notes	"This variant has a top speed of 124 mph (200 kmh) with a range of 60 mi (100 km), ceiling of 16,400 ft (5,000 m) and endurance of four hours. A night-vision capability is integrated."

type

"WEG"

version

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