SkyGuard
Saudi tactical surveillance aircraft developed by PSDSARC, with a documented SAMI development and manufacturing contract; current fleet acceptance remains unconfirmed.
- Country / region
- Saudi Arabia
- Programme status
- Order / production commitment
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Prince Sultan Defense Studies and Research Center / SAMI
- Origin / production countries
- Saudi Arabia
- Other names
- Sky Guard
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Not identified in reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Reviewed 21 September 2026. Contract status is supported by the authority. Technical data comes from a dated supplier interview in a government defence publication, not a current acceptance report. Published altitude figures differ across later reporting, so no consolidated ceiling is asserted.
Role & capabilities
- Tactical surveillance
- Reconnaissance
- Autonomous take-off and landing reported
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
- Autonomous take-off and landing reported
2022 interview; detailed procedure not established.
Source - Propulsion
- Reciprocating engine, reported 44 hp
SOFEX 2022 configuration; official interviewed by Nation Shield.
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
- Up to 8 hours
Published 2022 maximum; payload and test conditions not stated.
Source - Range
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Speed
- Up to 100 knots
Published 2022 maximum.
Source - Altitude
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Payload
- Up to 50 kg
Published 2022 configuration; not a guarantee at maximum endurance.
Source - Sensors
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Communications / navigation
- Ground control station and ground data terminal
2022 system description; communications range not established.
Source