‹ TORSALVO Codex
🇹🇷 KARGU
Air · STM · 2018
AI-assisted quadrotor kamikaze loitering munition launched from an infantry backpack — dives on targets from above.
Specifications
- Type: rotary-wing loitering munition (kamikaze)
- Range: ~10 km (line-of-sight)
- Endurance: ~25-30 min
- Speed: ~72 km/h
- Weight: ~7 kg
- Warhead: anti-personnel / anti-armor / thermobaric
- Guidance: embedded AI + 10× EO zoom seeker
Beats: Açıktaki piyade / hafif hedef (dalış), hareketli kara hedefi (EO/YZ)
Loses to: Aktif C-UAS / EW (RF karıştırma), sert hava / ağır zırh
In TAF service since 2018, exported since 2021 (tactical-UAV family to 15+ countries). Its use in Libya in 2020 was cited in a UN report as the 'first autonomous engagement' (autonomy claim denied by STM — DISP).
Related systems
Same manufacturer (STM): MİLGEM, ALPAGU, TOGAN
Related systems (Air): KAAN, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, ANKA-3, Bayraktar TB2, Bayraktar Akıncı, Vyriy OPTO 10, Skydagger, AKBABA, GÖKTUĞ (Gökdoğan/Bozdoğan), SOM