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TEHRAN (FNA)- The technology used in
the US ScanEagle drone is way behind
Iranian drone's advanced technology,
a top commander of the Islamic
Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)
stressed on Tuesday.
"We are among the leading countries in
the development of drones tasked with
reconnaissance, surveillance and of course
other military missions, and I state very
powerfully that the drone, ScanEagle, is
lagging behind our national drone
technologies," IRGC Lieutenant
Commander Brigadier General Hossein
Salami said on Tuesday.
He further added that Iran is now using
drones with high flight endurance and
high operational, radar evading and
imaging capabilities.
Earlier this month, Commander of the
IRGC Aerospace Force Brigadier General
Amir Ali Hajizadeh had also said that the
recent capture of the US ScanEagle by the
IRGC was nothing new as Iran had
previously captured a similar drone and
even copied it for production.
"ScanEagle had been in our possession
before and we have even copied it in
production," Hajizadeh underscored at the
time.
On December 4, Fadavi announced that
his forces hunted a US Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle (UAV) over the Persian Gulf after
the drone violated the country's airspace.
ScanEagle is a small, low-cost, long-
endurance unmanned aerial vehicle built
by Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing.
As standard payload ScanEagle carries
either an inertially stabilized electro-
optical or an infrared camera. The
gimbaled camera allows the operator to
easily track both stationary and moving
targets, providing real-time intelligence.
Capable of flying above 16,000 feet, the
UAV has also demonstrated the ability to
provide persistent low-altitude
reconnaissance.
The development came exactly a year
after Iran announced on December 4,
2011 that its defense forces had downed
a US RQ-170 drone through a
sophisticated cyber attack.
The drone was the first such loss by the
US. US officials have described the loss of
the aircraft in Iran as a setback and a fatal
blow to the stealth drone program.
The RQ-170 has special coatings and a
batwing shape designed to help it
penetrate other nations' air defenses
undetected. The existence of the aircraft,
which is made by Lockheed Martin, has
been known since 2009, when a model
was photographed at the main US airfield
in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Fars News Agency :: Commander: Iranian Drones More Advanced than US ScanEagle
the US ScanEagle drone is way behind
Iranian drone's advanced technology,
a top commander of the Islamic
Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)
stressed on Tuesday.
"We are among the leading countries in
the development of drones tasked with
reconnaissance, surveillance and of course
other military missions, and I state very
powerfully that the drone, ScanEagle, is
lagging behind our national drone
technologies," IRGC Lieutenant
Commander Brigadier General Hossein
Salami said on Tuesday.
He further added that Iran is now using
drones with high flight endurance and
high operational, radar evading and
imaging capabilities.
Earlier this month, Commander of the
IRGC Aerospace Force Brigadier General
Amir Ali Hajizadeh had also said that the
recent capture of the US ScanEagle by the
IRGC was nothing new as Iran had
previously captured a similar drone and
even copied it for production.
"ScanEagle had been in our possession
before and we have even copied it in
production," Hajizadeh underscored at the
time.
On December 4, Fadavi announced that
his forces hunted a US Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle (UAV) over the Persian Gulf after
the drone violated the country's airspace.
ScanEagle is a small, low-cost, long-
endurance unmanned aerial vehicle built
by Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing.
As standard payload ScanEagle carries
either an inertially stabilized electro-
optical or an infrared camera. The
gimbaled camera allows the operator to
easily track both stationary and moving
targets, providing real-time intelligence.
Capable of flying above 16,000 feet, the
UAV has also demonstrated the ability to
provide persistent low-altitude
reconnaissance.
The development came exactly a year
after Iran announced on December 4,
2011 that its defense forces had downed
a US RQ-170 drone through a
sophisticated cyber attack.
The drone was the first such loss by the
US. US officials have described the loss of
the aircraft in Iran as a setback and a fatal
blow to the stealth drone program.
The RQ-170 has special coatings and a
batwing shape designed to help it
penetrate other nations' air defenses
undetected. The existence of the aircraft,
which is made by Lockheed Martin, has
been known since 2009, when a model
was photographed at the main US airfield
in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Fars News Agency :: Commander: Iranian Drones More Advanced than US ScanEagle
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