Kaman-12 Iranian Combat Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

The Kaman-12 Iranian Combat Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is primarily intended to operate on intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and combat roles. The Kaman-12 features a fuselage with a slightly bulged nose, high-mounted straight wings with leading edge strakes and upswept wing tips. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) features a twin boom-mounted T-tail with horizontal tail extending outside vertical tails. The vertical tail extends slightly ventrally. The booms emanating from the inboard section of wings have dorsal strakes for structural rigidity. The UAV is fitted with fixed tricycle landing gear, an engine to the rear of fuselage, and an electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) turret beneath the nose of the fuselage. Each wing has a provision for attachment of two pylons to carry ammunition.