FIELD GUIDE / DRONE ATLAS / 01
Jet combat drone · Reusable · armed ISR
Also known as: Karar, کرار
Karrar is an Iranian jet drone presented for strike and later interceptor roles. Aviation Week reported an Iranian minister’s radius claim at its unveiling. AFP later relayed Iran’s announcement of missile-armed Karrars for air defence. Those claims describe different dated configurations.[1][2][3]
No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.
Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.
Intervals preserve the published bounds; they are not statistical confidence intervals. A blank lower or upper bound stays open. Values belong to the named configuration, not every aircraft.
Body length | Not publicly established |
|---|---|
Wingspan | Not publicly established |
Take-off mass | Not publicly established |
Reported speed | Not publicly established |
Published flight range | Not publicly established |
Endurance | Not publicly established |
Payload | Not publicly established |
Declared operational range | ≤ 1000 km[2] |
Declared operating radius | 1000 km[1] |
Engine / propulsion | Jet propulsion, as stated by Iran’s defence minister. Engine model not established.[1] |
Guidance / control link | Not publicly established |
First flight / first reported use | Not publicly established |
Manufacturer | HESA, as named by IISS.[3] |
Operators | Iranian air-defence forces, according to the state-media announcement relayed by AFP.[2] |
Service status | In service, according to Iran’s December 2023 announcement reported by AFP.[2] |
Declared operating radius: 1000 km · Karrar · Iranian defence minister claim, August 2010 · Official report; not an independent test. Aviation Week
Declared operational range: ≤ 1000 km · Karrar interceptor · Iranian state-media claim relayed by AFP, December 2023 · Official report; not an independent test. Agence France-Presse via VOA
Catalogue attribution: HESA (IISS attribution). aviationweek.com · www.voanews.com · web-opti-prod.iiss.org
Body length: Not publicly established in the reviewed sources.
Wingspan: Not publicly established in the reviewed sources.
Not publicly established in the reviewed sources.
Not publicly established in the reviewed sources.
Not publicly established in the reviewed sources.
Not publicly established in the reviewed sources.
Not publicly established in the reviewed sources.
Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.
Declared operating radius: 1000 km · Karrar · Iranian defence minister claim, August 2010 · Official report; not an independent test. Aviation Week
Declared operational range: ≤ 1000 km · Karrar interceptor · Iranian state-media claim relayed by AFP, December 2023 · Official report; not an independent test. Agence France-Presse via VOA
No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.
No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.
No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.
Human height is an illustrative 1.8 m; bus length an illustrative 12 m. Car length uses the cited MINI specification. Vehicle heights and drone side contours are schematic. Top views preserve published length and span; an absent dimension is never guessed.
One car length here is 3.821 m: MINI Cooper 3 door, March 2020 specification.
Not yet named as a model in this archive — sources usually say only “drone” or name the family.
Counts follow model/family links in the archive. A general register link does not identify a model.
No model-linked entry yet · explore the register
No model-linked entry yet · explore the register
No model-linked entry yet · explore the register
HESA Karrar
No sourced family relationship recorded in this edition. Similar roles do not establish a common design.
Shape or sound alone cannot identify a drone. Follow local public-safety alerts; do not approach wreckage.
No licensed, model-attested recording is available in our sound library.
Published USD figures use different price bases and years. Airframes, export packages and support are not equivalent. These are not current offers or verified production costs.
Unknown in reviewed sources
No type-specific, independently supported summary is included in this edition.
22 Aug 2010 · Source consulted: 08 Nov 2026 · Firsthand reporting
10 Dec 2023 · Source consulted: 08 Nov 2026 · Firsthand reporting
Publication date not stated · Source consulted: 08 Nov 2026 · Approximate / analyst compilation
Consulted via search index; direct page unavailable
DroneLedger. HESA Karrar. Research edition 2026-11-08. https://droneincidents.com/drones/hesa-karrar/
