Songar Drones, Key Features, Range and Performance

Context: Pakistan likely used gun-toting Turkish Songar drones to strike India.

About Songar Drones

The Songar drone is a weaponised Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system produced by the Turkish defence firm Asisguard. It is Turkey’s first indigenously produced weaponised drone and was formally inducted into the Turkish Armed Forces in February 2020 following its initial release in April 2019.

• Origin: Developed by Asisguard, a defence firm based in Ankara, Turkey.
  • Inducted into service in 2019 as Turkey’s first domestically produced armed drone.
• A quadrotor unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) is designed for both autonomous and remote-controlled missions.

Performance of Songar Drones

Maximum takeoff weight: 45 kg

• Flight time (without payload): 25–30 minutes
• Operational range: 3–5 km from the control station
• Operating altitude: Up to 2,800 meters above sea level and 400 meters above ground level

Key Features of Songar Drones

• Can be equipped with a stabilised automatic machine gun, mini-missiles, or 81mm mortar rounds.
• Capable of targeting enemy personnel, vehicles, and lightly fortified structures.
• Transmits real-time video and telemetry data to ground operators.
• Equipped with daylight and infrared cameras for effective day-night and all-weather operations.
• Supports route planning, autonomous flight, and automatic return-to-base when communication is lost or battery is low.
• Enhances survivability and reduces dependency on manual control.
• Multiple Songar drones can operate in coordinated swarms, executing simultaneous, multi-directional attacks to overwhelm enemy defences.

HAROP vs Songar Drones

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