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[Oldman1]

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US VTOL scaneagle

Concept from Iran drones

Concept? I'm curious what drones were presented?

 

[Shawnee]

Concept? I'm curious what drones were presented?

Pelican UAV

 

[Messerschmitt]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1499070629202513929

 

[Blue In Green]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1517601008989396994

hopefully Iran can get their hands on these.

 

[Oldman1]

Pelican UAV

What were the Iranian versions?

 

[Ich]

What were the Iranian versions?

There is some Info in this thread about, but it was years ago (to lazy to search ), so maybe this article helps

UAV Pelican 2; increasing maritime reconnaissance capability

Tehran (IP) - Conducting reconnaissance missions is one of the most important naval activities, and identifying the target faster and farther away is a major concern in all of the world's navies.

iranpress.com

 

[drmeson]

A fleet of some 100+ BVR capable turbofan powered Shahed-171 will be a hell for enermy

 

[Sineva]

 

[Sineva]

You can see in this flight test that they`ve fitted the drone with the rotax 912 engine

https://twitter.com/x/status/1516106539278417934

This does of course pose the question of what was powering the drone at its unveiling,as it is very unlikely to have been the rotax.

In fact you can easily see just how much they had to butcher the rear end to even try to fit the 912.

whatever engine was in there originally was very small,possibly the serat 01 or 02 rotary,with enough power to move it around on the ground but very unlikely to get it airborne,especially with all it was carrying.
Another iriaf con job.
Whats really sad is that if they hadnt been wasting time with this,they could`ve been operating the shahed 129 for well over the past year,giving them a genuine long range reconnaissance asset with attack capability.
There are times when I just dont get the airforce.

 

[Messerschmitt]

You can see in this flight test that they`ve fitted the drone with the rotax 912 engine

https://twitter.com/x/status/1516106539278417934

This does of course pose the question of what was powering the drone at its unveiling,as it is very unlikely to have been the rotax.

In fact you can easily see just how much they had to butcher the rear end to even try to fit the 912.

whatever engine was in there originally was very small,possibly the serat 01 or 02 rotary,with enough power to move it around on the ground but very unlikely to get it airborne,especially with all it was carrying.
Another iriaf con job.
Whats really sad is that if they hadnt been wasting time with this,they could`ve been operating the shahed 129 for well over the past year,giving them a genuine long range reconnaissance asset with attack capability.
There are times when I just dont get the airforce.

While the IRIAF wants to have the production capabilities to manufacture a UCAV in the class of the Shahed-129, the IRGC-ASF is most likely unwilling to share its technology with the IRIAF. So the IRIAF went ahead and came up with the Kaman-22.

 

[Sineva]

While the IRIAF wants to have the production capabilities to manufacture a UCAV in the class of the Shahed-129, the IRGC-ASF is most likely unwilling to share its technology with the IRIAF. So the IRIAF went ahead and came up with the Kaman-22.

The navy didnt seem to have any problems acquiring the 129.
The airforce stubbornly just seems to want to go its own way,even if this just wastes time and resources pointlessly duplicating work thats already been done previously.
This is where a general oversight body in charge of approving or denying permission for military projects seems like it might perhaps be a good idea.

 

[Messerschmitt]

The navy didnt seem to have any problems acquiring the 129.
The airforce stubbornly just seems to want to go its own way,even if this just wastes time and resources pointlessly duplicating work thats already been done previously.
This is where a general oversight body in charge of approving or denying permission for military projects seems like it might perhaps be a good idea.

The IRIN did receive some Shahed-129s but only older models and probably just in few numbers. A ToT was most likely not included in the purchase. I agree that this approach is not very economical, but I guess the IRIAF simply had no other choice but to start their own development program for a UCAV in the class of the Shahed-129 since the IRGC-ASF didn’t agree on sharing their technology or to sell their more modern variants.

 

[Oldman1]

There is some Info in this thread about, but it was years ago (to lazy to search ), so maybe this article helps

UAV Pelican 2; increasing maritime reconnaissance capability

Tehran (IP) - Conducting reconnaissance missions is one of the most important naval activities, and identifying the target faster and farther away is a major concern in all of the world's navies.

iranpress.com

I remember something like that years ago.

The FTUAS Foursome

The Aerosonde HQ UAS, from incumbent provider Textron Systems Corp., was first introduced in 2016. It combines the vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capabilit

insideunmannedsystems.com

Looks like they are all catching on.

 

[Muhammed45]

You can see in this flight test that they`ve fitted the drone with the rotax 912 engine

https://twitter.com/x/status/1516106539278417934

This does of course pose the question of what was powering the drone at its unveiling,as it is very unlikely to have been the rotax.

In fact you can easily see just how much they had to butcher the rear end to even try to fit the 912.

whatever engine was in there originally was very small,possibly the serat 01 or 02 rotary,with enough power to move it around on the ground but very unlikely to get it airborne,especially with all it was carrying.
Another iriaf con job.
Whats really sad is that if they hadnt been wasting time with this,they could`ve been operating the shahed 129 for well over the past year,giving them a genuine long range reconnaissance asset with attack capability.
There are times when I just dont get the airforce.

IRIAF is wasting its resources, you are right my friend. The mass production of military hardwares is upto the defense ministry not IRGC. IRGC is engaged in R&D and also production of some of high value assets such as sat carriers. The items that do not need mass production are produced by IRGC itself.

The arrogance of some people costs us a lot. Just because poor IRGC did the R&D, some people take it lightly and also bad for their opwn image to put their hands on an IRGC developed project.

Navy ordered Shahed-129 and received it, IRIAF is just too arrogant to do so.

 

[Ich]

Looks like they are all catching on.

They need ^^ Have you seen the tries with catching back comming UAVs with a fishernet in all the marines in the world a decade ago? Really ridiculous.