# Turkey’s first armed drone system – Songar

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2025/02/turkeys-first-armed-drone-system-songar/
- Published: 2025-02-06T18:29:41+01:00
- Author: Military Africa

SONGAR is a remotely-operated armed drone system, the first of its kind developed
indigenously for the Turkish Armed Forces’ inventory, and was integrated into an
armoured 4×4 vehicle for the first time. Thus, SONGAR integrated land vehicles gained
significant capabilities to detect and eliminate hostile targets in advance during
internal security operations or cross-border operations.

Thanks to its stabilized shooting accuracy, SONGAR has taken its place as one of
the important national capabilities of asymmetric warfare. Having real-time video
transmission capability, SONGAR can simultaneously perform various critical tasks
such as target detection, area surveillance, threat neutralization, and post-mission
analysis with a single or multiple drone system.

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**ASISGUARD SONGAR’S KEY FEATURES**

 * Indigenous Design
 * Ground Control Station (GCS)
 * Autonomous and manual flight modes
 * Route planning and autonomous flight on the map
 * Automatic return to home in critical battery and disconnection situations
 * *Flight Time: 30 minutes (without payload)

**ADVANCED FEATURES OF SONGAR**

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 * Cruising Max Speed: Manuel Mode: 7 m/s Autonomous Mode: 10 m/s
 * Service Ceiling: 3000 meters Mean Sea Level, 300 meters Above Ground Level
 * *Flight Range: 5km (Continuous Line of Sight)
 * GNSS: Available (GPS and GLONASS) • Effective Shooting Range: ~400 m
 * Operating Temperature: 0oC to 40oC
 * Maximum Wind Speed: 10 m/s

**PAYLOAD OPTIONS OF ASISGUARD SONGAR**

 * 5.56 x 45 MM Assault Rifle
 * 2 x 40 MM Grenade Launcher
 * 6 x 40 MM Drum Type Grenade Launcher
 * 3 x 81 MM Mortar Gripper
 * 8 x Tear/Smoke Grenade Launcher

**OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS**
ASISGUARD SONGAR is designed for attack and defence applications.

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**ATTACK**
**Coordinated Attacks**: SONGAR can be used to coordinate attacks with
other military assets, such as ground troops or other drones.**Force Multiplication**:
SONGAR can act as a force multiplier by providing additional firepower and support
to ground troops.**Surprise and Stealth**: SONGAR can be deployed stealthily, allowing
forces to launch a surprise attack without revealing their location or presence.

**DEFENSE**
**Diversion and Distraction**: SONGAR can create diversions or distractions
to draw enemy attention away from the movement of friendly forces.**Surveillance
and Intelligence**: Before launching an ambush, SONGAR can be used for reconnaissance
and surveillance, providing real-time intelligence on enemy movements, positions,
and activities.**Flexibility and Rapid Response**: SONGAR offers flexibility in 
terms of deployment and can be rapidly redeployed to different locations as needed.

**OUTCOME**
The easily transportable and deployable SONGAR Armed Drone System is
a force multiplier as a weapon system that provides team-level close air support.
Its detachable magazine allows the operator to quickly reload the weapon for mission
continuity. SONGAR can perform its task autonomously with multi-layered security
until the operator receives permission to fire.

It has an ergonomic and user-friendly design that reduces the operator’s load during
tasks such as connection loss, mission change during flight, and autonomous and 
remote-control flight modes.

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