Qods Yasir
The Qods Yasir (Persian: یاسر), also known as the Sayed-2, is an Iranian light tactical surveillance and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)[2] manufactured by Qods Aviation.[3] It is ostensibly an unlicensed copy of an American Boeing Insitu ScanEagle drone captured and reverse-engineered by Iran, but has some design changes.
Iran captured a Scaneagle in December 2012 and the Qods Yasir was unveiled about ten months later, in September 2013.[2] The Yasir's only state operators are Iran and Syria. It has been exported to at least one non-state actor and is alleged to have been exported to several more.[2]
Yasir UAVs have been used by Iranian allies in the civil wars in Iraq and Syria, likely because of their small footprint compared to larger Iranian UAVs.[4]
Design[edit]
The Yasir has swept back wings and a large payload bubble under its nose. Unlike the ScanEagle, it has an inverted V-tail and a twin-boom empennage. The Yasir has a single, unidentified, two-bladed propeller engine.[2] It carries an electro-optical payload.[10] It can also be fitted with an explosive payload for use as a disposable strike munition.[11]
The Yasir is 1.19 meters long, has a wingspan of 3.05 meters, and weighs 18 kg.[12] This is similar to, but slightly smaller than the ScanEagle.[13] It has a speed of 120 km/h, a max endurance of 20 hours, a 16,000 ceiling, and a communications link distance of up to 100 km.[14]
Data from Drones Operating in Syria and Iraq[2] and Tasnim News
General characteristics
Performance