Target Drones · Aerial Target Drone
SAAD-1M
Medium-speed aerial target with configurable radar and IR signatures for SHORAD and E-SHORAD.
- Mission Role
- Air-defense training target
- Range
- 60 km
- Endurance
- 60 min
- Payload
- Luneburg lens / IR flares
- Launch
- Catapult launch
- Recovery
- Parachute recovery, reusable
01System Breakdown
SAAD-1M is a medium-speed aerial target drone engineered to support training, testing, and operational evaluation of SHORAD and E-SHORAD weapon systems. It realistically simulates airborne threats, enabling accurate performance assessment of air-defense assets.
02Operational Envelope
Equipped with a wide range of mission-specific payloads, Luneburg lenses for radar-signature simulation and IR flares for infrared tracking, SAAD-1M is a highly adaptable target for validating radar-controlled anti-aircraft guns, surface-to-air missile systems, and shoulder-fired MANPADS, with reliable flight stability and repeatable mission profiles.
03Payload & Guidance
- Enhancers: IR flares / Luneburg lens
- Flight phase: GNSS guided
Key capabilities
6- Configurable radar & IR signatures
- Luneburg lenses + IR flares
- Validates AAA, SAM & MANPADS
- Reliable, repeatable mission profiles
- Medium-speed realistic threat replication
- Cost-effective live-fire training
Technical Specification Sheet
50 m/s
Speed
60 km
Range
3,000 m
Ceiling
60 min
Endurance
Performance
- Speed
- 50 m/s
- Range
- 60 km
- Altitude
- 3,000 m
- Endurance
- 60 min
- Propulsion
- Gasoline (ICE)
Physical
- Wingspan
- 2.5 m
- Length
- 2.45 m
- Weight
- 40 kg
Payload & Operability
- Enhancers
- IR flares / Luneburg lens
- Flight phase
- GNSS guided
- Wind / Sea state
- 10–15 knots / Level 3
- Temperature
- −10 °C to 55 °C