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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force is the IRGC branch that develops, manages, and operates major Iranian missile, air-defense, UAV, and military space systems, including cataloged Sevom Khordad, Fattah-1, and Kheibar Shekan records.

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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force is the aerospace branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guard and the public-facing institution most closely associated with the cataloged missile, air-defense, UAV, and military space systems in this catalog. IranWire traces the force to the IRGC Air Force created in 1985, while IranWatch describes it as part of the IRGC missile, military, and drone programs.

The force functions as a military branch and production-management umbrella rather than a commercial defense firm. Its public footprint combines operational command, missile and UAV program oversight, air-defense responsibilities, and institutional media releases, making it a useful manufacturer context for Iranian systems whose development is attributed to IRGC Aerospace Force organizations or scientists.

air defense systemsballistic missilescruise missilesUAVsspace launch systems

Notable Systems

Sevom Khordad / 3rd Khordad air-defense system, Medium-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense

Sevom Khordad / 3rd Khordad air-defense system

Medium-range surface-to-air missile system

A road-mobile medium-range surface-to-air missile system that IranWatch lists under IRGC Aerospace Force operational control as the Third of Khordad surface-to-air missile.

Sources: IranWatch IRGC Aerospace Force profile
Fattah-1 ballistic missile, Medium-range ballistic missile, Munitions

Fattah-1 ballistic missile

Medium-range ballistic missile

A cataloged Iranian medium-range ballistic missile; IISS attributes public Fattah performance claims to the IRGC Aerospace Force commander and treats the system as a maneuvering ballistic-missile design rather than a proven hypersonic glide vehicle.

Sources: IISS Fattah analysis
Kheibar Shekan ballistic missile, Medium-range ballistic missile, Munitions

Kheibar Shekan ballistic missile

Medium-range ballistic missile

A cataloged solid-fuel medium-range ballistic missile that Iranian state reporting, republished by IranWatch, says was designed and built by IRGC Air Force scientists.

Sources: IranWatch Kheibar Shekan IRNA report

Manufacturer History

  1. Force created

    IranWire says the IRGC Aerospace Force was created on 17 September 1985 after Ruhollah Khomeini ordered the IRGC to establish naval, ground, and air branches.

    Sources: IranWire IRGC Aerospace Force feature

  2. Aerospace role expands

    IranWire describes the 2009 space-program expansion as the point when the IRGC Air Force became the Aerospace Force and took on a broader missile and space portfolio.

    Sources: IranWire IRGC Aerospace Force feature

  3. Military space role publicized

    IranWatch says the force reportedly oversaw the IRGC space program and launched the Noor military satellite into orbit with a Qassed satellite launch vehicle from an IRGC base near Shahroud.

    Sources: IranWatch IRGC Aerospace Force profile

Website links
Sepahnews IRGC Aerospace Force sectionSepahnews homeIranWatch IRGC Aerospace Force profile

Public English-language institutional documentation for the IRGC Aerospace Force is limited because it is a military branch rather than a commercial firm. Institutional context comes from IRGC media, IranWire, and IranWatch; system-specific manufacturer context is drawn from IranWatch and IISS reporting.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Sepahnews IRGC Aerospace Force sectionPublisher: Sepahnews / IRGC | Note: Supports the official IRGC news section for the Aerospace Force and the branch's current public-facing institutional context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • IranWatch IRGC Aerospace Force profilePublisher: IranWatch | Note: Supports the force as part of the IRGC and as the body that develops and operates Iran's ballistic missile inventory. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • IranWire IRGC Aerospace Force featurePublisher: IranWire | Note: Supports the 1985 creation date, the 2009 transition from IRGC Air Force to Aerospace Force, the Chitgar, Tehran headquarters, and the force's air-defense and missile structure. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • IISS Fattah analysisPublisher: International Institute for Strategic Studies | Note: Supports Fattah-1 background, the IRGC Aerospace Force commander attribution for public claims, and the conservative technical framing of the missile as a maneuvering ballistic-missile system. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • IranWatch Kheibar Shekan IRNA reportPublisher: IranWatch / Islamic Republic News Agency | Note: Supports Kheibar Shekan as a solid-fuel IRGC missile and the state-reported claim that it was designed and built by scientists of the IRGC Air Force. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Wikimedia Commons Aerospace Force flagPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Public-domain flag file for the Aerospace Force of the IRGC; the Commons page describes the flag and records Iranian public-domain licensing context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

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Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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Sevom Khordad / 3rd Khordad air-defense system, Medium-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense2020 United States-Iran ConflictSevom Khordad / 3rd Khordad air-defense systemMedium-range surface-to-air missile systemBuilt in: IranSevom Khordad, also known as 3rd Khordad, is an Iranian road-mobile medium-range surface-to-air missile system built around a self-contained TELAR and phased-array radar. Its best-documented combat use is the June 2019 shootdown of a U.S. Navy BAMS-D/RQ-4A Global Hawk near the Strait of Hormuz; later 2026 reporting identified Third Khordad as a possible system in an F-15E shootdown claim, but that launcher attribution remained less certain.

Category

Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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