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Saudi Arabia is building new attack and reconnaissance drones

Saudi Arabia is building new attack and reconnaissance drones


The Airspace Guard drone produced by the Prince Sultan Center for Defense Research and Studies PSDSARC


The Air Force One has two versions: SG-02 and SG-03


A multi-role tactical drone designed to perform a multitude of missions.

- The aircraft is made of carbon fiber and is characterized

light weight - weighing 250 kg

payload of 50-60 kg.


A flight range of up to 200 km within the communications range and a range of more than 700 km via satellites.


It can fly at an altitude of 18,000-23,000 feet for ten hours straight.

- Performs reconnaissance, surveillance, tracking, targeting, passing coordinates, and laser lighting

Through day and night cameras and lasers.

- It performs combat missions and is capable of carrying laser-guided smart bombs, each bomb weighing 12 kg.

The laser pointing device is designed and produced entirely at the Prince Sultan Defense Studies and Research Center

The laser is transmitted by a ground or air guidanc system, by the aircraft itself or by another aircraft. The aircraft is equipped with high-resolution cameras for day and night photography, with a range of 40 km, and an airborne radar system for unmanned aircraft.

It can also be equipped with an electronic warfare system and a communications system, or jamming and impeding hostile communications and radars

official Statement



Signing a contract for the development of the Air Force One aircraft


Between the General Authority for Military Industries and the Saudi Military Industries Company


Which aims to build a pioneering technical innovation base regionally and internationally through the development, manufacture and localization of unmanned aircraft systems


One of the results of several research and development projects at the Prince Sultan Center for Defense Studies and Research.


The center will develop it in line with the requirements of the authorities


Navigation and flight control systems.


Auto takeoff and landing systems.


characterized by


HD cameras


Communication and data transmission systems


Medium-sized, multi-role tactical drone



The military readiness number of the defense system in the Kingdom.


Strengthening the strategic independence of the Kingdom.


contribute to


Creating job opportunities for national competencies.


Achieving self-sufficiency.


Stimulating the localization of the military and defense industries in the Kingdom and supporting its promising march.



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