Role & capabilities
- Expendable aircraft programme
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- One-way aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- STM
- Origin / production countries
- Türkiye
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Not identified in reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Supplier information is attributed; performance and operational acceptance require configuration-specific evidence.
STM KUZGUN is a fixed-wing one-way aircraft introduced publicly in May 2026. The manufacturer released material from initial test flights, providing evidence of a flown development rather than merely a render. The STM prefix is retained because other Turkish products use the Kuzgun name.
The current page distinguishes aircraft range from a much shorter direct communications link. It also contains conflicting mass values: the main table states 175 kilograms while the FAQ states 200 kilograms. Neither is silently selected as a universal accepted configuration. A corrected or versioned specification sheet is required to resolve that field.
The announced flight test does not establish customer acceptance or achievement of every advertised maximum. The catalogue records the programme, general architecture and attributed design performance while keeping production quantities and operational status open. No figures from unrelated Kuzgun-labelled products are carried into this record.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Fixed wing | STM programme. Source ↗ |
| Launch / recovery | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Propulsion | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Mass | 175 kg in main table; 200 kg in FAQ | Unresolved manufacturer inconsistency. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Up to 6 hours | Supplier claim; test conditions not disclosed. Source ↗ |
| Range | 1,000 km advertised flight range; 60 km LOS communications | Distinct aircraft and link limits. Source ↗ |
| Speed | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Altitude | 3,500 m MSL service ceiling | Supplier design figure. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. 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
- — Added in the September 2026 global coverage review, with sources, configuration limits and explicit data gaps.
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