IRGC Brigadier General Abdollah Mehrabi is chief of the IRGC-ASF Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization (SSJO), which is responsible for the analysis and development of weapons utilized to attack U.S. armed forces personnel and infrastructure in the Middle East. Mehrabi has overseen significant advances in military satellites and drone manufacturing. As co-owner of the Oje Parvaz Mado Nafar Company, a manufacturer of engines used in Iran’s Shahed-131 and Shahed-136 UAVs, Mehrabi has acquired components for the production of Iranian Shahed drones launched against the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.