Global InformationQods Yasir information
| Qods Yasir | |
|---|---|
| |
| Role | Unmanned aerial vehicle |
| National origin | Iran |
| Designer | Qods Aviation Industry Company |
| Introduction | September 28, 2013[1] |
| Status | in production and in service |
| Primary users |  Iran Syria
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| Produced | 2013–onwards |
| Developed from | Boeing Insitu ScanEagle |
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]
- ^ "Iran has unveiled a new drone based on a captured U.S. Boeing ScanEagle". 29 September 2013.
- ^ a b c Gettinger, Dan (December 2016). "Drones Operating in Syria and Iraq" (PDF). Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
- ^ "YASIR ( يسير ) أرشيف معرض الأمن والدفاع 2017 / بغداد". twitter. 4 Oct 2017.
- ^ Ahmad, Naveed (2 June 2019). "The Advent of Drones: Iran's Weapon of Choice" (PDF). International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah).[dead link]