{"id":23235747,"date":"2026-09-18T13:11:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/ga-asi-mojave-stol-korea-tank-trail-hanwha-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T13:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:12:17","slug":"ga-asi-mojave-stol-korea-tank-trail-hanwha-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/ga-asi-mojave-stol-korea-tank-trail-hanwha-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Mojave STOL Lands on a Korean Tank Trail Mid-Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>A medium-altitude, long-endurance drone landed on a dirt track that tanks drive down, in the middle of a live-fire range, while a simulated battle was going on around it. Then it took off again and carried on with the mission.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Hanwha Aerospace pulled that off in South Korea on 16 September, and GA-ASI is calling it the first time any MALE-class uncrewed aircraft has flown operations from a simulated battlefield. The aircraft was the Mojave STOL, wearing South Korean markings and carrying four inert Hellfires.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f6f8;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:18px 22px;margin:24px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:17px;color:#0d1117\">Quick Facts<\/p><table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px\"><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Date<\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#0d1117;vertical-align:top\">16 September 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Aircraft<\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#0d1117;vertical-align:top\">GA-ASI Mojave STOL, demonstrator for the production Gray Eagle STOL<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Partners<\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#0d1117;vertical-align:top\">GA-ASI and Hanwha Aerospace<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Location<\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#0d1117;vertical-align:top\">ROK Army 513th Aviation Battalion airfield and Seungjin Training Field, Pocheon-si<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Occasion<\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#0d1117;vertical-align:top\">2026 Defense Drone Technology Exhibition<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Load carried<\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#0d1117;vertical-align:top\">Four inert AGM-114 Hellfire missiles on dual weapon rails<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Landing surface<\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#0d1117;vertical-align:top\">A rough manoeuvre trail used by ROK Army tanks and artillery vehicles<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:5px 12px 5px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Next milestones<\/td><td style=\"padding:5px 0;color:#0d1117;vertical-align:top\">Critical Design Review of a production-representative aircraft in November 2026; first flight in 2027<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">What the sortie actually involved<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The Mojave took off conventionally from the 513th Aviation Battalion\u2019s runway and flew to the Seungjin Training Field, where it joined ongoing air operations. It then put down on the tank trail, sat there, took off again from the same rough surface, resumed its mission and finally recovered to the battalion runway. Pilots flew the whole thing from a ground control station.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The point is not the landing. It is the taking off again. A drone that can only be recovered to a proper runway is tied to a small number of large, well-known, easily targeted airfields. One that can drop into a dirt trail near the fighting, be refuelled and rearmed by the soldiers already there, and go back up changes where the aircraft has to live.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;Whether the user needs contested and austere battlefield operations, ISR, weapons delivery, Air-Launched Effects deployment, troop resupply, counter-UAS, or missions requiring short and unimproved roads for takeoff, our aircraft answer the bell.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Linden Blue<\/strong> &mdash; Chief Executive Officer, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>GA-ASI was explicit about the implication in its release, noting that in a real fight soldiers could have refuelled and rearmed the aircraft during its time on the ground at the range. The company also claims no other aircraft with the Mojave\u2019s endurance, range or payload can do this.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/mojave-uav-hms-prince-of-wales-2023.jpg\" alt=\"Mojave unmanned aircraft on the flight deck of HMS Prince of Wales\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The Mojave on HMS Prince of Wales in November 2023. The short-field trick that let it operate from a carrier without a catapult is the same one that put it on a Korean tank trail. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Why this keeps happening in odd places<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The Mojave has been quietly collecting unlikely surfaces for three years. Rough-field trials in 2023. The deck of HMS Prince of Wales in November 2023, with no catapult and no arrestor wire. Live firing with two 7.62 mm miniguns at Yuma in April 2024. A take-off from the Republic of Korea Navy\u2019s amphibious assault ship Dokdo later that year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Each of those is the same underlying claim tested somewhere harder: that you can bolt big wings, heavy flaps and a powerful engine onto a Gray Eagle-class airframe and stop needing infrastructure. Korea is a logical customer for that argument, being mountainous, narrow, and within artillery range of an adversary who knows exactly where every runway is.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"max-width:550px;margin:0 auto 28px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2100276098109984911&theme=light\" style=\"width:100%;height:400px;border:none;overflow:hidden\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The industrial half of the story<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Hanwha is not just hosting. The two companies have an agreement to produce the aircraft in South Korea, which turns a demonstration into an industrial programme and gives Seoul a domestic line for a class of aircraft it currently imports.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;Going forward, we will work closely with the ROK defense industry to develop unmanned systems designed for future operating environments and expand our presence in global markets.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Buhwan Lee<\/strong> &mdash; Chief Executive Officer, Hanwha Aerospace<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>The next dates to watch are a Critical Design Review of a production-representative Mojave in November 2026 and a first flight in 2027. Until then the aircraft on the tank trail remains a demonstrator, which is the correct word for something that has proved a concept rather than entered a war.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Sources: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems press release (16 September 2026), Hanwha Aerospace, FlightGlobal, European Security &amp; Defence, Army Recognition.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>What did the Mojave STOL do in South Korea?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">On 16 September 2026 the GA-ASI Mojave STOL took off from a ROK Army runway, landed on a rough tank manoeuvre trail inside a live-fire training range during simulated combat, then took off again from that trail and continued its mission before returning to base.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Why is landing on a tank trail significant for a drone?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Medium-altitude, long-endurance drones normally need proper runways, which ties them to a few large airfields an enemy can find and strike. Operating from unimproved surfaces near the fighting lets the aircraft be refuelled and rearmed forward, and makes it far harder to target on the ground.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What is the Mojave STOL and how does it relate to the Gray Eagle?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Mojave STOL is GA-ASI\u2019s short take-off and landing demonstrator, built around a Gray Eagle-class airframe with enlarged wings, heavy-lift flaps and a more powerful engine. GA-ASI says the production version will be called the Gray Eagle STOL.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Was the Mojave armed during the Korean demonstration?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">It carried four AGM-114 Hellfire missiles on dual weapon rails, which GA-ASI confirmed were inert. The aircraft also wore South Korean markings alongside GA-ASI and Hanwha logos.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Where else has the Mojave operated from unusual surfaces?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Mojave flew from the deck of the British carrier HMS Prince of Wales in November 2023 without catapult or arrestor gear, took off from the Republic of Korea Navy amphibious ship Dokdo in 2024, and completed rough-field trials and minigun live-fire testing at Yuma Proving Ground.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>When will the Gray Eagle STOL enter production?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">GA-ASI expects a Critical Design Review of a production-representative aircraft in November 2026, with a first flight in 2027. 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