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
- 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.
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