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Choose up to three systems. Specifications retain their source and configuration; missing information is left undisclosed.

Ababil-2

Iranian tactical UAV family with a documented Tajik production initiative and a historical public product specification.

Country / region
Iran
Programme status
Order / production commitment
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
Order / production commitmentOrder / production commitment
Primary domain
Air
System type
Multirole aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Iranian aviation industry; Qods catalogue listing
Origin / production countries
Iran
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
Not distinguished in reviewed sources
Operators / programme customers
Not identified in reviewed sources

Evidence & current status

Production cooperation is documented. Current output, delivered fleet size and factory-level attribution remain unresolved; no alias equivalence with Ababil-3 assumed.

Role & capabilities

  • Advertised reconnaissance
  • Advertised communications relay

Specifications in context

Airframe
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Launch / recovery
Assisted launch; parachute or skid recovery

Historic advertised options.

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Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Dimensions
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Mass
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Endurance
75–120 minutes

2013–2016 advertised configuration.

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Range
100 km operational radius

Historic catalogue.

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Speed
250 km/h maximum

Historic catalogue.

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Altitude
11,000 ft

Historic flight-altitude claim.

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Payload
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Sensors
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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