Shahed Saegheh

Overview

The Shahed Saegheh (Persian: شاهد صاعقه, Witness Thunderbolt), also called the Shahed 191, is an Iranian turbofan/piston-powered flying wing unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) produced by Shahed Aviation Industries. It is based on, but smaller than and substantially different from, a Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel UAV that was captured by Iran in 2011 and then reverse-engineered. It is one of two Iranian flying wing UAVs based on the RQ-170, along with the Shahed 171 Simorgh, a larger version. The Saegheh was revealed in October 2016. The drones can carry two Sadid-1 missiles, externally for the Saegheh-1, and internally for the Saegheh-2. As of 2017, 10 Saegheh drones were in production, and Iran planned to procure at least 50 by 2025.