The Hadid 110 is Iran’s first jet powered suicide drone. It features a maximum speed of around 517 kilometres per hour, making it the fastest in its class within Iran’s drone arsenal and giving it a significant ability to approach targets before early warning systems can detect it.
The drone is also known as “Dalahu”. It carries a warhead weighing approximately 30 kilograms, alongside advanced stealth technologies designed to reduce its detectability.
According to the Iranian news agency Fars, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used the Hadid 110 drone for the first time on 4 March 2026 during the US Israeli war against Iran.
First public appearance
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps first revealed the Hadid 110 drone on 12 February 2025 during the “Eqtedar 1403” defence industries exhibition. At the time, no technical specifications or operational capabilities were disclosed.
The announcement coincided with an inspection visit by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to the exhibition, where he met several senior military officials and specialists working in Iran’s defence industries sector.
During the exhibition, Iranian media broadcast images showing the suicide drone being launched from a submarine. This marked the first time such footage had been presented, as no Iranian drone had previously been shown launching from beneath the sea surface.
Later, during the “Sahand 2025” military exercises conducted in early October 2025 in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province in the north west of the country, with the participation of ten member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Revolutionary Guard announced that the new drone had undergone a successful field test and had officially entered service.
Design
The drone’s design is based on a delta wing configuration combined with a fuselage featuring broken angled surfaces. This advanced engineering approach was previously limited mainly to cruise missiles and modern fighter aircraft, and aims to significantly reduce the drone’s radar signature.
Its lightweight structure and distinctive geometry also help scatter radar waves, making the drone more difficult for conventional radar systems to detect and track. This increases its chances of penetrating hostile air defence systems and reaching its operational targets.
Technical specifications
- Design: stealth style airframe intended to reduce radar signature and complicate detection
- Operational category: suicide drone
- Propulsion system: jet engine
- Maximum speed: approximately 517 kilometres per hour
- Operational range: estimated around 350 kilometres
- Flight altitude: up to roughly 9 kilometres
- Endurance: up to one hour
- Strike accuracy: high precision point strike capability
- Warhead: approximately 30 kilograms of high explosive material
- Launch mechanism: rocket assisted launch enabling rapid deployment from multiple platforms
Operational capabilities and features
One of the most notable features of the Hadid 110 drone is its ability to fly at speeds significantly higher than those achieved by traditional propeller driven suicide drones. This greatly reduces the time available for detection, an advantage that is particularly critical in modern combat environments. The speed also enhances its manoeuvrability and ability to alter course with high flexibility.
The drone’s effectiveness does not rely on speed alone. Its stealth oriented design lowers its radar signature, making it more difficult for air defence systems to detect or intercept.
These characteristics allow the drone to perform a variety of operational roles. It can be used in the opening phase of an attack to target radar installations, command centres, and air defence systems. It can also be deployed in successive attack waves intended to weaken enemy defences and open gaps for wider strikes using missiles or other aerial platforms.
Compared with high cost conventional weapons such as ballistic missiles, this type of technology offers a significant economic advantage. Its relatively low cost allows for large scale production, which can affect deterrence dynamics and force adversaries to spend substantial financial resources countering low cost threats coming from multiple directions.
The Hadid 110 also features a rocket assisted launch mechanism that provides operational flexibility. The drone can be deployed quickly from a variety of mobile platforms, including ground vehicles, allowing it to be used across a wide geographical area, even in remote regions or complex terrain.
This capability effectively turns the drone into a “launch and forget” weapon that can be placed on combat readiness across a broad geographic area without requiring complex infrastructure.
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