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Choose up to three systems. Specifications retain their source and configuration; missing information is left undisclosed.

Karrar

Iranian reusable jet-powered target and combat aircraft family, including an air-interception configuration publicly delivered in 2023.

Country / region
Iran
Programme status
In service / use documented
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
In service / use documentedIn service / use documented
Primary domain
Air
System type
Multirole aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA)
Origin / production countries
Iran
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
Target-drone configuration; Combat configuration; Air-interception configuration — December 2023 delivery reported
Operators / programme customers
Iran — Army Air Defence Force

Evidence & current status

Aircraft identity and a dated delivery are supported. Announcement claims about interception effectiveness are not independently verified.

Role & capabilities

  • Aerial target training
  • Reusable combat payload carriage
  • Interception configuration

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
Assisted take-off; parachute recovery

Family reference, not an employment procedure.

Source
Propulsion
Jet-powered

Family reference.

Source
Dimensions
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Mass
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Endurance
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Range
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Speed
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Altitude
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Payload
227 kg

ODIN general figure; not established for every mission configuration.

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.

Source