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

Saeqeh / IRN-170 flying-wing family

Iranian flying-wing programme associated with the captured RQ-170, with distinct public family names and incompletely resolved variant specifications.

Country / region
Iran
Programme status
See profile
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
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Primary domain
Air
System type
Multirole aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Shahed Aviation Industries Research Center
Origin / production countries
Iran
Other names
Saegheh — flying-wing programme spelling
Variants / configurations
Saeqeh — named IRGC flying-wing aircraft; IRN-170 variants — DIA family designation; exact model mapping unresolved
Operators / programme customers
Not identified in reviewed sources

Evidence & current status

Family identity is established; do not turn IRN-170, Simorgh, Saeqeh, Shahed-171 and Shahed-191 into unqualified interchangeable aliases.

Role & capabilities

  • Reported reconnaissance and combat family

Specifications in context

Airframe
Flying-wing programme associated with RQ-170 lineage

Iranian programme account; not equivalent to the US aircraft.

Source
Launch / recovery
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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