Hydra S45 Báalam
Mexican twin-engine tactical surveillance aircraft with a 10 kg payload baseline.
- Country / region
- Mexico
- Programme status
- Supplier-reported status
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Hydra Technologies
- Origin / production countries
- Mexico
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Not identified in reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Manufacturer specifications and delivery reporting; a named operator acceptance inventory remains outstanding.
Role & capabilities
- Tactical surveillance
- Maritime reconnaissance
- Modular sensor carriage
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Launch / recovery
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Propulsion
- Twin gasoline engines
Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source - Dimensions
- 6.11 m wingspan
Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source - Mass
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Endurance
- Up to 12 hours
Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source - Range
- Up to 120 km line-of-sight
Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source - Speed
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Altitude
- Up to 17,000 ft above sea level
Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source - Payload
- 10 kg
Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source - Sensors
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Communications / navigation
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
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