SATUMA
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SATUMA is a privately owned designer and manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
based in Islamabad
, Pakistan
. The company was established in 1989 and designs UAVs for the armed forces of Pakistan and for export.
Unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle , also known as a unmanned aircraft system , remotely piloted aircraft or unmanned aircraft, is a machine which functions either by the remote control of a navigator or pilot or autonomously, that is, as a self-directing entity...
based in Islamabad
Islamabad
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. The company was established in 1989 and designs UAVs for the armed forces of Pakistan and for export.
UAV systems
- Flamingo - a medium range UAV.
- Jasoos II (Bravo +) - a tactical UAV system for remote sensing and reconnaissance.
- Mukhbar - short range UAV system.
- Stingray - a mini UAV system.
- HST - half scale trainer UAV.
- FST - full scale trainer UAV.
Target drones
- Tunder SR (short range)
- Tunder LR (long range)
- Assault - training system
- Shooting Star - high speed drone.
Auxiliary systems
- Ground Control Station (GCS) - includes automatic antenna tracker, pilot console with moving map display, real time video display panel, flight status display and joystick for payload camera control. Pathfinder GCS software includes mission planning, in-flight mission modification, real time tracking on moving map display, flight status display, live video display and post-mission analysis.
- iHawk - UAV payload, four variants:
- Gen 1 – Pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) capable, daylight camera system. Supplied with Jasoos II Bravo+ UAV system to the Pakistan Air ForcePakistan Air ForceThe Pakistan Air Force is the leading air arm of the Pakistan Armed Forces and is primarily tasked with the aerial defence of Pakistan with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan Navy. The PAF also has a tertiary role of providing strategic air transport...
. - Gen 2 – PTZ capable daylight camera payload, includes on-screen position display. To be supplied with Flamingo UAV system.
- Gen 3 – Improved version of Gen 2, includes gyro-stabilized "Scene & Target locking" system. Under development.
- Gen 4 – Upgraded version of Gen 3, includes an infra-red camera. Under development.
- Gen 1 – Pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) capable, daylight camera system. Supplied with Jasoos II Bravo+ UAV system to the Pakistan Air Force