Iran Manufactures First Home-Made VTOL Drone

The Iranian defense researchers built the country’s first home-made Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) drone with particular specifications.
The announcement was made by Chancellor of Imam Hossein Comprehensive (military) University Brigadier General Morteza Saffari in Tehran on Tuesday.

He referred to the aircraft features, and said the VTOL drone makes its vertical climb using two wings which increases its speed.

Noting that the US is the only other country which has built such drones, Saffari said the Iranian VTOL aircraft has been built by the Iranian university students for the first time in the country.

In recent years, Iran has made great achievements in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing essential military equipment and systems, including the UAVs.

In 2013, an Iranian inventor designed and built a VTOL drone using combined fuel which he said was highly functional for military operations.

“The vertical climb Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) which uses combined fuel and has a big propeller and two side rotors can fly vertically for 2 hours,” Iranian inventor Ja’far Aqazadeh told FNA at the time.

Noting that the drone uses a fuel cell and a hydrogen generator system as its power source, Aqazadeh said the plane which was specially good for military missions was under flight test.