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What the Geran-2 is made of

0 documented parts, from recovered wreckage. Each part gives its marking, maker and country where known, and links the record it comes from. The system itself: Geran-2.

Sources

Reported parts

  • Engine — MD-550 piston engine, reverse-engineered from the German Limbach L550E, a 550 cc four-cylinder two-stroke source
  • Satellite navigation (CRPA) — Russian "Kometa" module, 12-channel jam-resistant adaptive antenna; standard across current Geran variants. CAR found Kometa modules with January–February 2023 serials in early Russian-built airframes source
  • CRPA antenna electronics — Newer CRP antennas contain only two US-origin chips (Texas Instruments, Linear Technology); transceivers, signal generators and converters are Chinese, and the main signal-processing chip is from the Beijing Microelectronics Technology Institute (HUR, April 2025) source
  • Inertial measurement unit — Murata SCH1633-D0I six-axis inertial module (Japan), an automotive ADAS part introduced late 2024, first found in a Geran in January 2026 source
  • Tracker computer — Raspberry Pi 4 single-board computer (UK) used as the tracker source
  • Mesh modem — Xingkay (Xingkai) Tech XK-F358 mesh-network modem (China), antenna in the wingtip; serial use from about July–September 2025 source
  • Camera — Honpho TS130C-01 optical camera (China) in the nose cone; earlier versions used low-grade surveillance-type network cameras source
  • Cellular modems — Two GSM/3G/4G modems for telemetry; early versions carried 4G modems with Ukrainian operators' SIM cards source
  • Satellite datalink (variant) — Starlink terminal found on a Geran-2 shot down on 25 September 2024 source
  • Onboard computer (MS series) — NVIDIA Jetson Orin module with an infrared camera, assessed by HUR as able to compare imagery with loaded models for automatic target selection; airframe judged Iranian-built source
  • Airframe — Russian-built fuselages of fibreglass over woven carbon fibre rather than the honeycomb core of earlier examples (Conflict Armament Research, July 2023) source
  • Airburst rangefinder (Izhevsk-built airframes) — Wing-mounted rangefinder, often mistaken for a camera, that triggers detonation in the air near the target, per Ukrainian channel Victory Drones source

Part records and photos: HUR War & Sanctions, Ukraine's Defence Intelligence database of foreign components found in Russian weapons, and the other sources named on each part. A marking, date code or country is given as the source records it.