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Aircraft and programme links: KARGU, ALPAGU.

Aircraft covered in this library

  • KARGU: loitering munition. Order / production commitment.
  • ALPAGU: loitering munition. Order / production commitment.

Research scope

This manufacturer and programme index connects the aircraft profiles listed below. Follow each profile for the relevant product configuration, dated programme evidence and technical sources. Participation in a joint project is recorded on its aircraft page; the countries below describe these aircraft records, not every company facility.

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Follow the evidence

Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.

  1. STM: European KARGU and ALPAGU contract, January 2026 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  2. STM: RF-version field tests, July 2025 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  3. STM: ALPAGU technical page (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer

Systems & connected topics

Air · Reconnaissance aircraftTürkiye

TOGAN

Turkish reconnaissance quadcopter with separately published standard, CRPA and KERKES configurations.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Reconnaissance aircraftTürkiye

Concept / announced

TOGAN-M

Smaller STM reconnaissance quadcopter unveiled in May 2026 with a distinct lightweight baseline.

Concept / announcedRead
Air · Loitering munitionTürkiye

Concept / announced

ALPAGU-B

Larger ALPAGU derivative unveiled in May 2026 with its own mass, duration and communications baseline.

Concept / announcedRead
Air · Reconnaissance aircraftTürkiye

TURUL / STM VTOL

Turkish fixed-wing VTOL reconnaissance system with a current thirty-five-kilogram product baseline.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · One-way aircraftTürkiye

STM KUZGUN

Long-range STM aircraft whose first test flights were announced in May 2026; published mass figures remain inconsistent.

Development / trialsRead
Air · Interceptor aircraftTürkiye

Concept / announced

TUNGA-X

Rotary-wing counter-drone aircraft unveiled in 2026, with a limited publicly documented maturity record.

Concept / announcedRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleTürkiye

STM NETA 300

A portable autonomous survey vehicle with a Turkish domestic contract and documented sea trials.

Order / production commitmentRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleTürkiye

Concept / announced

STM TENGİZ

A large autonomous underwater-vehicle programme unveiled by STM in May 2026.

Concept / announcedRead
Sea surface · Uncrewed surface vesselTürkiye

Concept / announced

STM YAKTU

STM's announced compact one-way surface-vehicle programme, first presented in May 2026.

Concept / announcedRead
Air · Drone / systemTürkiye

KARGU

Rotary-wing loitering munition with optical sensing, documented supplier-reported service and continuing export orders.

Order / production commitmentRead
Air · Drone / systemTürkiye

ALPAGU

Light fixed-wing loitering munition with a published compact airframe specification and a 2026 European export contract.

Order / production commitmentRead