It was a conventional two-bay biplane with equal-span, unstaggered wings and fixed tailskid undercarriage.

The pilot and observer sat in tandem open cockpits.

The design was a derivative of the SIA 7 and SIA 9 flown during the war, but was considerably revised by Rosatelli to correct ongoing problems with those types.

A total of 129 were produced for the Air Corps of the Regio Esercito.

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919[1]General characteristics Performance Armament