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
- 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.
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