HESA Hamaseh
{{Short description|Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle}}
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The HESA Hamaseh ({{langx|fa|حماسه|Ḥamāseh|lit=Epic}}) is an Iranian tactical and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with high flight endurance built by Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA).{{cite web|url=https://imp-navigator.livejournal.com/638301.html|title=Иранская экспозиция на МАКС-2017. Часть.2|last=Yuri Lyamin|date=21 July 2017}} The Hamaseh was unveiled in 2013 and entered service in 2016.
Design
The Hamaseh is a single engine, twin-boom UAV.{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/iran-puts-hamaseh-uav-on-export-market-439414/|title=Iran puts Hamaseh UAV on export market|author=Stephen Trimble|location=Moscow|date=18 July 2017|website=Flightglobal.com}} The UAV features a bulbous forward radome; this was later reduced in size as the UAV was developed. The Hamaseh entered service with Iran in 2016.
The Hamaseh can carry up to 185 kg of fuel, equipment, and payload, and has an endurance of up to 11 hours depending on configuration. It is launched via runway takeoff or JATO, and is recovered by runway landing or, in emergencies, a parachute. The Hamaseh can follow pre-determined waypoints to control its flight. Its powerplant is unknown.
The Hamaseh can carry synthetic aperture radar, radar or communications jammers, and a camera. For weapons, it can carry small bombs, grenades, or rockets.
Operational history
The Hamaseh drone was unveiled on 9 May 2013. Ahmad Vahidi, Iran's defense minister, claimed the drone "with its stealth quality can avoid detection by the enemy."{{cn|date=December 2018}} The Hamaseh was also claimed to be a High-Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) platform, despite being a tactical UAV. The Hamaseh at its unveiling ceremony was "equipped" with what appeared to be munitions, but they were physically bolted to the wings, not mounted on hardpoints.
A [[scale model of a modern Hamaseh UAV in 2016 with the redesigned radome.|thumb]]
The Hamaseh was first used during military exercises by the IRGC Ground Forces in April 2016.{{cite news |title=Iran debuts Hamaseh unmanned aircraft |author=Gareth Jennings |journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly |location=London|publisher=IHS Jane's 360 |date=14 April 2016 |url=https://www.janes.com/article/59484/iran-debuts-hamaseh-unmanned-aircraft |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418101837/https://www.janes.com/article/59484/iran-debuts-hamaseh-unmanned-aircraft |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2016 }}
Operators
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Specifications
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|ref=Иранская экспозиция на МАКС-2017. Часть.2{{efn|This data is from the 2017 MAKS airshow. Specifications for the Hamaseh at the 2018 Eurasia Air Show were slightly different;{{cite tweet |user=orko_8 |number=989438638458130432 |date=26 April 2018 |title=Hamaseh UAV Iran|author=Arda Mevlutoglu }} I don't know why or care.}}
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References
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