—2013— worldwide uav roundup - aerospace america
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—2013—
WorldwideUAV Roundup
An Aerospace America
Supplement
A P U B L I C A T I O N O F T H E A M E R I C A N I N S T I T U T E O F A E R O N A U T I C S A N D A S T R O N A U T I C S
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2 UAV ROUNDUP 2013 Copyright ©2013 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Country Prime Designation Status Launch/Propulsion
ArgentinaAeroDreams Chi-7 Deployed ROTAX - Single rotor
Strix Deployed C-L/G-L/T-L - EFI P-P AeroVision Arcangel 1 Deployed G-L - 2-stroke GAS P-P Lipan M3 Apache Deployed G-L - P-P
XM4 Nostromo Unmanned Solutions Cabure III Completed Electric - H-L
Yarará Under way 2/4-stroke MOGAS - 4-stroke HF - G-L P-P
ArmeniaArmenian Military Krunk (Crane) Deployed Jet (no details)
AustraliaAerosonde Aerosonde Mk 4.7G In production R-L - H-F ADI (Thales) Jandu Microturbofan Advanced VTOL Technologies Hammerhead Development under way VTOL - Electric BAE Systems Kingfisher Mk2 Completed P-P
Kalkura Completed Turbojet Codarra Advanced Systems Avatar P2 Completed Electric prop - H-L Cyber Technology CyberQuad Mini/Maxi Completed Electric - Quadroto
CyberEye II Completed GAS - Center fuselage prop pod above wing
CyBird V/VX Turbojet CyberWraith Microjet T
Entecho Mupod Electric - Enclosed rotor Silvertone Electronics Flamingo F-18 Twin Boom In production - deployed 3.5hp motor -
Wooden prop V-TOL Aerospace Arrow In development
I-Copter Phantom I-Copter Seeker ISRMini Warrigal B-L - Electric P-P Warrigal Explorer Prototype C-L - Electric P-P
AustriaSchiebel Camcopter S-100 In production Multifuel rotary Diamond Aircraft Diamond Hero In development Dual rotary engines
BelgiumGatewing X100 Deployed C-L - Elec. P-P Flying-Cam Unmanned Aerial Systems Flying-Cam III E-SARAH Deployed Electric single rotor
BrazilAerofoundry Yaro SR-700 LRIP G-L - GAS
Yaro SR-650 Deployed G-L - GAS Yaro SR-450 Deployed G-L - GASHewe AF-190 LRIP C-L - Elec. Hewe AF-90 Deployed H-L - Elec. Yai XP-340 Testing C-L/S-L - GAS Yai XP-210 LRIP C-L - GAS
AGX Tenologia Tiriba Elec. - PropAvibras Industria Aeroespacial Falcao In development FW P-P Brazilian Army Tech. Centre VANT VT-15 In developmentBRVant BRV-X P-P
BRV Cardinal 55 BRV-04W
Gyrofly Innovations Gyro 200 ED In production Electric multirotor Gyro 500 X4 In production Electric multirotor Gyro 500 X8 In development Electric multirotor
Harpia Systems (Embraer Defense Unnamed Under development G-L - AvGas - P-P and Security/AEL Systems)
OrbiSat/Aeroalcool/AGX consortium SARVant Santos Lab Comercio e Industria Carcara I Deployed H-L, C-L - P-P Aerospacial Carcara II Deployed C-L - P-P
Jabiru Deployed C-L, T-L - P-PAzimute Deployed C-L - Prop ORBIS VTOL In development G-L - Rotary
Technological Institute of Aeronautics Asa Branca (White Wing) In development
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Type Endurance (hr) Range (mi.) Ceiling (ft) Mission
OPV helo 10 14,765 ISR-SAR-crop spraying MM/MR AV 15 13,125 ISR
FW 2 24 8,200 Ag - Envir 5 24 6,560 ISR
SR TUAV 1.2 6 LOS 6,560 RSTA - BDA
TUAV 6 30 LOS 9,850 RSTA - BP
FW prop 5 13,150 ISR
STUAS - SUAS 12 58 15,000 ISR - Comms - SIGINT ACTD 4 Deep penetration
ACTD 2 MM/MR 15 Demonstrator
2 12,192 Target drone 1 6 1,000 R/S - monitoring
VTOL 12-25 min 1,640 (RF dependant) RF limit R/S - Ag - CAS1640 (RF) MALE 10 36-60 LOS 10,500 R/S - Ag - CAS
Advanced payload research
Target drone Micro VTOL CAV Indoor ops - flexible buffer 7 Ag-Envir - ISTA
Heavy-lift VTOL 8
ISTAR-Comm SR
Tactical MUAV 1-1.5 1.8-3.6 Urban ISR - Ag - aerial photo Small delta wing 3.5-9 Urban ISR - Ag - aerial photo
VTOL MM/MR TUAV 10 120 18,000 RS-BP-SAR-BDA Rotor 6.5 flight/4 hover Mil/Civil Recon/Airborne Sensor
FW lifting body 45 min 30 2,460 Envir-terrain mapping Helo 30 min Aerial photography
14-18 90 19,000 Radar/hyperspectral 8 90 12,000 Hyperspectral/LIDAR 6 60 9,000 Hyperspectral/LIDAR 3.5 14 3,000 Photogrammetric surveying 40 min 2.5 1,500 Photogrammetric surveying
90 9,000 Oil spill detection, fisheries monitoring 1 8-24 90 ACTD
Envir-Ag-CD Up to 15 90 Tactical RS BP
Comm - Surveillance Navy Air Target - C4ISR air sensor
Ag-Envir - Powerline - Tactical RS Micro VTOL ISR - PS - SAR
Micro VTOL ISR - PS - SAR Micro VTOL ISR - PS - SAR
MM/MR LALE TUAV 16 96 15,000 BDA - BP - COMM - HS - IR - ISTAR - SA - SAR
FW prop 20 Foliage penetration - Survey MUAV 1.5 Urban R/S
MUAV 2.5 Urban R/S - increased capability to Carcara I TUAV 12 70 R/S FW 1.5 Target drone
Quadrotor VTOL ISR FW 60 Powerline inspection - ISR - BP - SAR
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4 UAV ROUNDUP 2013
Country Prime Designation Status Launch/Propulsion
Brazil, cont’dBrasil Aircrafts DELTA SR Deployed GAS EFI
DELTA CR Deployed DELTA Jet Deployed C-L - Pulse jet Sea Runner Deployed ROTA - Turbine
XMobots Aeroespacial e Defesa Apoena 1000B LRIP G-L - AvGas prop Apoena 1000C Development completed G-L - AvGas P-P ECHAR 20A In production B-L, C-L, H-L - Elec. Nauru 500A In production G-L - AvGas P-P
BulgariaArmstechno NITI In production
BelarusKvand Ventures Husky Completed Jet A1 or K1 kerosene
CanadaAeryon Labs Scout VTOL MAV Completed Electric - 4 rotor Challis Heliplane UAV E950 Testing G-L - Electric Dragonfly Innovations E4/X4 Completed Electric - MAV
X4-P Electric X4-ES Completed Electric X-6 Electric X6-ES Completed Electric - MAV X8 Completed Electric - MAV
TBD JUSTUS (Joint UAV Surveill. IOC 2017 & Target Acquisition Sys.)
MicroPilot CropCam In production Battery - H-L MP-Vision In production Battery - H-L
MMIST SnowGoose CQ-10A Completed Turboprop A-L/G-L SnowGoose CQ-10B VTOL Under way Turbo P-P
Stratus Aeronautics Venturer Development under way GAS - Prop
ChileIDETEC Unmanned Systems Sirol 110 Completed Electric prop
Stardust II In production Electric prop iMK-8 Under way H-L -Electric prop
University of Concepcion Lascar Prototype Electric - C-L w/Chilean ArRMS SA Mantarraya Completed Battery - Prop - CL
Manta 1 Electric - C-L or dolly Petre II Completed Turbine - JATO Trauco III Completed Battery - Prop - CL
ChinaASN Technology Group ASN-211 MUAV In development Flapping wings
ASN-212 ASN-213 Under way Supersonic ?
ASN-215ASN-216 In development ASN-217 Electric - H-LASN-229A In development ASN-106 In development Jet ASN-9 (Ba-9) Completed S-L ROTA - Prop ASN-15 Completed Piston H-LASN-104/105 Completed Piston ASN-206 Completed Piston ASN-207 Under way Piston ASN-209 (Silver Eagle) Deployed Twin-boom P-PPW 2 In production RATO - GAS P-P FW
Avic Defense Whirlwind-Scout Under way Ducted fan Anjian (Dark Sword) In development Turbofan (supersonic?) AW-4Blue SharkFK2000 Airship Under way Twin turbofanTL-8 Wing Loong Under way Piston
Chinese UAV pro-grams, companies,missions, specs are themost difficult of all toverify. China displaysbeautiful models atairshows, but almostnever shows anythingflying. And the samemodels may reappear,with a new paint job,name, etc., at latershows. This chart of-fers the best informa-tion possible, gleanedfrom dozens ofsources, with every effort made to verifywildly different claims.
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Type Endurance (hr) Range (mi.) Ceiling (ft) Mission
FW 22 14,750 Target drone FW 2 4 6,560 Army target drone 20 min Target drone
FW 2 950 41,000 Target drone FW LALE 8 32-64 9,843 BP - CAS - HS - ISTAR - SAR - Infra
LALE 8 64-128 9,843 BP - CAS - HS - ISTAR - SAR - Infra BWB SUAS 45 min 6 9,843 BP - CAS - HS - ISTAR - SAR - Infra STUAS/low-cost civil 5.5 11-32 9,843 CAS - AP - Ag - Envir
30 16,400 Disaster/Chem-rad monitoring
Twin turbojet rotor 1.2 36 5,900 S/SAR helicopter
Micro quadrotor 20 min 3 333 R/S - SAR - public safety VTOL ACTD 50 min 12 CAS ISR STAR STUAS VTOL quadrotor 0.3 0.6 100-200 Aerial photography
VTOL quadrotor 8,000VTOL quadrotor 8,000 Public safetyVTOL trirotor 8,000 Surveillance
VTOL trirotor 18 min 0.5 8,000 Public safety Eight-rotor VTOL 18 min 0.5 8,000 Aerial photo - Surveillance
Arctic SAR-ISR
SUAS 55 min 2 2,200 Ag - Envir - CAS SUAS 55 min 2 2,200 CAS - Ag
Parafoil 160 18,000 ISR - Comm - Cargo VSTOL autogyro rotor 320 18,000 Force protection - Small unit resupply
BLOS LALE 10 540 19,685 Aerial survey
VTOL MAV 4 51 R/S - SOF - Map - Survey SUAS 40 min 13,123 Recon. - Aerial imaging
VTOL multirotor R/S Twin prop 2 18 11,500 Envir - Fisheries - SAR
4 100 3,000 Recon - Comms relay Flying wing SUAS 1 60 9,842 1 100 12,000 Aerial target 55 min 100 8200 Aerial target
200 Low-altitude reconSR SUAS Envir-Infra
MUAV - folding wings Officially to test high-alt supersonic UAV tech - but morphing wing has been linked to fast attack
MM/MR 5 120 19,685 RSTA-BDA-EW-Comm SR SUAS Next-gen ASN-212
MUAV 20 1,200 32,800 Recon and precise attack 1 32,800 High-speed target drone
1 Target drone 1 10 1,625 ISR
2 60-100 10,400 Tactical ISR8 150 19,500 Advanced Tactical R/S
16 600 19,500 EW/EC m - SIGINT - Jamming 10 120 16,400 ISR-EW-Comm
19,685 Day/night RSTA VTOL 40 min 6 9,843 P&S
UCAV conceptdemonstrator Persistent RSTA
UCAV 50 8,000 R/S
500 Target drone Hunter-killer 20 250 16,250 ISTAR
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6 UAV ROUNDUP 2013
Country Prime Designation Status Launch/Propulsion
China, cont’dBeijing Creation Technology T10/T10-S Mini-Hornet Electric - P-P Beijing University of Aeronautics BZK-005 Deployed
and AstronauticsBSST AW-2 Sun Ying Completed
AW-4 Shark Completed P-PAW-12A Completed Piston
BUAA WuZhen-5A/ChangHong 1 Completed Turbojet Haiou (Seagull) Under way Twin contrarotating M-22 Under way
Chengdu Aircraft Design Pterodactyl In production 3-blade prop and Research Institute Xianglong Under way Turbojet
Tian Yi In development
Yilong Under way TurboChina Aerospace Science Industry WJ-600 Sky Eagle In development Turbofan [established a dedicated UAV CH-803 H-Lproduction company in Jan. 2013] SL-200 Under way
HJ-300 Blade In development HW-100 Sparrow Hawk In development HW-200 Ascender In developmentPW 2 Under way RATO
China Aerospace Science Caihong-3 (CH-3) Under way P-P Technology CH-4 Unknown
SH-1 In production RATO SH-3 Under way TF-8 Under wayTF-10 Under way
China Aviation Industry AVIC I Sunshine Under wayDJI Spreading Wings S800 In production Electric hexarotor
Phantom In production 4 AA batteries - Quadrotor Guizhou WZ-2000 Unknown Turbojet
Soar Dragon/Soar Eagle In development Turbojet Nanjing Research Institute for W-30/50 Completed Piston P-P Simulation Techniques S-45 Under way Gasoline engine
YK-7 Completed Piston Z-2 Completed Z-3 CompletedIZ Under way Autogyro
NUAA Soar Bird Completed Rotary - PistonChangKong-1 (A-B-C-E) Completed Turbojet ChangKong-2 Completed Turbojet
PLA Air Force J-5/J-7I Ground Attack Under way Turbojet
Ba-5 Under way Jet TianJian-1 Under way Turbojet - RATO
SARI Shen Zhou-1 Completed Piston (3) Shen Zhou-2 Completed
Shenyang Combat Eaglewith AVIC Anjian (Dark Sword) Under way Turbofan (supersonic?)
Long-Haul Eagle Under way Survey and Mapping Institute of Airship Airship Science and Technology
Weifan Freesky Aviation Industry V750 VTOL In production Rotor with Qingdao Haili Helicopter Mfg. ServoHeli 120 Under way Rotor
Xin Ying Electronic Science and Tianyi In production RotorTechnology XiangYing II In production G-L - Prop
Zhuhai X.Y. Aviation Blue Arrow (UR-J1-001) In development PropSky Eyes (UR-C2-008) In development
ColombiaEfigenia Aerospace Robotics EJ-1B Mozart S/VTOL In development EJ-2A Fatima In development
CroatiaBLM-99 Bojnik Unknown
Soko B4-MR In development Electric
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Type Endurance (hr) Range (mi.) Ceiling (ft) Mission
55-100 min 18 600-1500 Geomapping - Photogrammetry MALE 40
1.3 3
Portable reconn 3 2,500 57,400 Multirole; based on US AQM-34N Firebee
VTOL 1.5
MALE UCAV 20 2,485 16,400 Hunter-killer HALE 4,200 17,830 Strategic reconn
Global Hawk-class 60,000 Similar to Global Hawk, but smallerHALE concept demo
20 4,953 MALE 3-5 1,260 32,800 Hunter-killer - Maritime surveillance
5 30 ISR 6,005 Alleged crop-duster/rain maker -
but with stealth design Medium UAV Light UAV SUAS
8 200 15,000 RSTA Hunter-killer 1,491 16,400 RSTA - EW - Precise attack
Hunter-killer 30 2.200 Next-gen UCAV demonstrator Delta wing MUAV 108 16,400 Multimission
Low-speed light UAV Man-portable Remote sensing
12 230 Personal MUAV 16 min. Aerial photography
10-15 min. 1.000 ft Aerial photographyUCAV 3 1.296 59,000 ISTAR
HALE 10 4.300 59,000 Recon - Targeting 10-100 9,840 R/S - EW - Comm relay
1 Target drone, fighter jet styling35 min 3 3,250 Reusable aerial target1 RSTA 4 100 RSTA
1 Gyrocopter 90 9,800 VTOL
1 600 16,250 Target drone - Air sampling - Photo 45. min 59,000 Little known; developed late 1990s
850 61,700 Converted Chinese MiG-17 and -21; "Suicide UAV" (cruise)
936 mi 9,600 Based on J-5 - Target Drone - "cruise" 30 min 30 mi 13,000 Cruise missile target drone
1.86 6,500 Remotely piloted zeppelin - Video 6,500
Stealth UCAV UCAV concept
ISTAR - C4KISR 2 20 1,950 Aerial photography - Mapping - Surveying
4 90 9,843 Survey - SAR - Envir - Aerial photo 1.5
VTOL 1 FW 1.5-2 9,843 Envir - Ag - Aerial photo
R/S R/S
VTOL 1 S/VTOL Test Platform VTOL Long endurance
6 36 13,125 ISR FW 12 72 RSTA
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8 UAV ROUNDUP 2013
Country Prime Designation Status Launch/Propulsion
Czech RepublicHAES Scanner In production G-L - Rotary
400 Prototype R-L - GAS P-P 700 In development Jet
FinlandPatria Aviation Oy MASS MAV In production Electric
FranceAlcore Azimut 2 In production H-L - Elec. P-P
Chacal 2 In production GAS P-P or Turbojet Biodrone In production H-L, C-L - Elec. P-P EasyCopter In production G-L - Elec. rotor Epsilon 1 In development High air pressure piston; H-L Epsilon 2 In development High air pressure piston Futura In development C-L - miniturbo/2 turbos
for target useMaya In development G-L - 600W rotary or elec.
AUEV-Technology Smart iCopter In development Electric rotor - G-L
Y3GV880 Prototype in development Electric Bertin Technologies HoverEye In production G-L - Kerosene rotor Cofice Helicofice In production Electric - Faired rotors
Dassault nEUROn In development Prototype: Adour Production:
Advanced Snecma M88Delta Drone Delta-H In production
Delta-Y In production EADS Cassidian TANAN 300 In development HF
Harfang (Eagle I) Completed Rotax Turbo Flying Robots Sas FR102 In production Fly-n-Sense 360° UAV Turbine
FNS 900 Seeker Scancopter CB 350 Electric multirotorScancopter CB 750 Electric multirotor
Helipse HE 190 Elec. or alcohol HE 300 GAS rotorSR 5 Electric SR 20/ SR30 Electric or GAS
Infotron IT 180-5 EL Under way Electric rotor IT 180-5 TH Under way Piston rotor
L'Avion Jaune Altimum In production R-L Lehman Aviation LA100 In production H-L
LM450 In production H-L LP960 In production H-L LV580 In production H-L
Novadem NX110m In development G-L - Electric U130 In development G-L - Electric
Parrot AR Drone 2.0 In production 4 Electric Sagem Patroller R/M Completed ROTAX 914 F - Prop
Sperwer Mk II Completed CL - P-P SURVEY-Copter SURVEY-Copter/WeControl Completed GAS rotor
Copter 1B VTOLSURVEY-Copter/WeControl Completed GAS rotorCopter 4 VTOLSURVEY-Copter/WeControl Completed Electric engine DVF 2000SperwerCrecerellePatrollerBLIMP 2C Completed Tethered BLIMP 37M Under way Motorized propulsion
Verhagen X2 Autonomous Helicopters Flycam In production
GeorgiaTbilisi Aircraft Mfg (TAM) Georgian UAS In production GAS
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Type Endurance (hr) Range (mi.) Ceiling (ft) Mission
FW prop 2 3.8 3,300 R/S
Delta-wing MUAV 18 10,000 Target drone Target drone
FW P-P 60-75 min 6-12 492 R/S - Monitoring
FW SR 1.5 30 985 Surveillance Delta wing w/canard 3 435 4,921 RSTA - Missile simulation
Biomimetic raptor 2 30 985 Surveillance VTOL SUAS 15 min 0.6 Civil aerial video/digital photo
Delta-wing MAV 10 min 0.6 3,280 R/S prototype Delta-wing MAV 8 min 0.37 328 R/S prototype
Delta-wing SUAS 70 min 250 3,280 RSTA-A
VTOL tail-sitter 30 min 30 164 Urban surv. - Research MUAV quadrotor 15-35 min 1.8 Research - PS - HS - inside buildings or
outside in high winds/heavy rain VTOL 1 flight/20 min hover All-weather flight
VTOL TUAV 1 6 29,500 IRS - SAR Quadrotor Aerial thickness measurements
on high infrastructure Delta-wing stealth UCAV 12 2,100 45,900 Technology demonstrator
Quadrotor 15 min
FW 45 min VTOL TUAS 8 100 6,562 ISTAR - Maritime surveillance
MALE 24 1,000 25,000 RSTA - BDA Flexible wing OPV
VTOL Delta-wing prop
VTOL Quadrotor VTOL
25-60 min 3 7,218 4 18 20 min 1 3 VTOL 2 6 9,850 R/S - SAR - Environmental monitoring VTOL 2 6 9,850 R/S - SAR - Environmental monitoring
High-lift flying wing 4 13,125 Envir - Survey Flying wing 35 min 0.3 328 Day photos - HD videos
Flying wing P-P 35 min 3 LOS 50-1,400 Day photos and full HD video Flying wing P-P 25 min 3 LOS 50-1,400 Hi-res vertical photos and ortho photo Flying wing P-P 35 min 3 LOS 50-1,400 Day/night survey - Live event or TV videos Quadrotor SUAS 2 0.6 7,218 Day/night RS - IED location - Urban P&S Quadrotor SUAS 20 min 0.6 HD AP - Rad - Indoor inspection
Quadrotor MAV 165 ft 487 ft HD Vid 30 200 LOS; 2,000 sat 7,620 MALE ISR 6+ 200 4,572 ISTAR - EW
45 min. 5 1,500 BDA,E/O,EOD,G-L,IR,LALE,LOS,LR,L,IR,LALE, LOS,MM/MR,MR,R/S,S&R,TUAV,VLO
1 8 1,500 BDA,E/O,EOD,G- MALE,MM/MR,MR,R/S,S&R,TUAV,VLO
2 40 2,500 BDA,E/O,G- L,HALE,IR,LALE,LOS,LR, MALE,MR,R/S,S&R,TUAV,VLO
1 (change battery) 150 Aerial photo - Surveillance 1 (change battery) 150 Aerial photo - Surveillance
VTOL MAV AP
8 9,843 BP - ISR - PS - SIGINT
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10 UAV ROUNDUP 2013
Country Prime Designation Status Launch/Propulsion
GermanyAibotix X-6 Hexakopter In production G-L - Elec. 6 rotor AiDrones AiD-H14/14T/14R/14E In production G-L - Gas/Oil or elec.
AiD-H19 In production G-L - Gas/Oil AiD-H32 In production G-L - Gas/Oil AiD-H40 In production G-L - Gas/Oil AiD-MX6 In production G-L - Elec. 6 rotor
AirRobot GmbH & Co. KG AR 100B In production G-L - Elec. multirotor AR 120 In production G-L - Elec. multirotor AR 150 In production G-L - Elec. multirotor AR 200 In production G-L - Elec. multirotor
EADS Atlante In development C-L, G-L - Prop Barracuda In development Jet turbine
w/Northrop Grumman EuroHawk Under way R-R Allison 31.8 kN
European UAS In development JetHarfang Deployed Turbo P-PDRAC/Tracker Deployed H-L - Elec. twin prop DT25/35/45/55 Deployed Twin Jet - C-L SIDM Deployed Rotax 914
EMT Aladin In production Electric - H-L, B-LAladin Twin In development Electric - H-L, B-LFancopter In production Electric LUNA In production P-P - C-L, B-LLuna NG LRIP Fuel injection - B-L, C-LMuseco LRIP HF turbo rotorX-13 Prototype B-L, C-L
Festo AG BionicOpter Research prototype H-L - 9 elec. servomotors
MAVinci UG Sirius I In production H-L - Electric Microdrones MD4-200 In production G-L - Electric
MD4-1000 In production G-L - Electric MD4-3000 In development G-L - Electric
MikroKopter HexaKopter/XLHexaKopter In production G-L - Electric OFFIS In production G-L - Electric OktoKopter/OktoXL In production G-L - Electric QuadroKopter In production G-L - Electric
Rheinmetall Defence Electronics Carolo P50 Under way Electric prop - H-L Carolo P70 Completed Electric Carolo T140 Under way Electric - Twin prop KZO (Brevel) (Tucan) Under way P-P - ROTA
from cannisterFledermaus ESM Under way RATO Mücke Under way RATO Opale DA42 Twin Star derivative Prop - Twin TARES Under way RATO
Stemme UMS S15B Under way Turbo Rotax 914F
GreeceBSK Defense Phaethon J In production C-L - Turbine midfuselage
Ideon In production H-L (H)Yperion In production C-L - VRJ-300 Orion engine
w/afterburnerNemesis In production C-L - Jet Panas In production C-L - GAS
HungaryBHE Bonn Hungary BXAP13 Completed Electric P-P
IndiaADE [see DRDO] AURA Defence Research & Development Rustom-1 In development Organisation (DRDO) Rustom-H In development
Rustom Warrior TurbopropAURA In development Turbofan Lakshya-II PTA Testing RATO - Turbojet
with ideaForge Netra In development Battery
Nishant In development R-L
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Type Endurance (hr) Range (mi.) Ceiling (ft) Mission
SUAS multicopter 30 min 6,560 AP - Infra - Map VTOL SUAS 3 9,843 ISR - SAR - Infra - Envir - BP - PS VTOL SUAS 3 9,843 ISR - SAR - Infra - Envir - BP - PS VTOL SUAS 4 9,843 ISR - SAR - Infra - Envir - BP - PS VTOL SUAS 6 9,843 ISR - SAR - Infra - Envir - BP - PS SUAS multicopter 40 min 6,500 Ag - Envir. - CAS - AP
Quadrotor MUAV ISR - Infra Six-rotor MUAV ISR - Infra Quadrotor MUAV ISR - Infra Six-rotor MUAV ISR - Infra
TUAV 20 240 20,000 Long-endurance ISTAR/BDA MALE high-speed 20,000 Part of German Agile UAV network-centric
multisensor envir. technology demonstration program HALE 30 15.5 65,000 Global Hawk-based SIGINT/ELINT/CO miNT
MALE 50,000 RSTA MALE 24 600 24,600 ISR
FW MUAV 2 6 6,500 MAV glider - Tactical ISTAR Target drone MALE all-weather ISTAR
1.5 9 14,765 ISTAR 2 9 14,765 ISTAR
VTOL 25 min 0.6 R/S, urban and inside buildings 8 60 16,400 ISTAR
12 87 19,685 ISTAR VTOL 3 60 ISTAR 8 120 16,400 ISTAR
‘Insect’ flapping wing Proof-of-concept flapping wing with 13 DOFMAV to mimic dragonfly movements
FW MAV 55 min Envir. - CAS Quadrotor MAV 35 min AP - SAR - CAS
Quadrotor MAV 1.5 AP - SAR - CAS Quadrotor MAV 45 min 30 13,125 AP - SAR - CAS - Six-rotor MAV 36 - 40 XL 0.6 1,150 AP - Envir AP - Envir Eight-rotor MAV 18-45 328 ft LOS 328 LOS AP - Envir Four-rotor MAV AP - Envir
15 min 0.62 325 Civil surveillance 20 min 0.6 Civil surveillance 30 min 0.6 Civil surveillance
3.5 4 11,375 Recon - EW - ECM - NBC detection
P-P 4 11,375 EW - KZO derivative P-P 4 90 11,483 EW - KZO derivative 12 60 18,000 R/S - BP - Ag P-P 4 13,000 Attack (Taifun successor)
Tactical OPV 10 [20 dual mode] 700 [1,350 dual] 25,000 ISR - CAS - Comm - EW
FW V-tail 1 60 20,000 ISR FW MUAV Prop 1.6 21 R/S FW transonic 1 60 Target drone for long/med range A/A
FW subsonic 1 60 Target drone for low/med range A/A FW prop 1 24 Target drone for SR A/A
1 1,000 Recon - Monitoring
Self defending w/weapon firing capability MALE TUAV 12 250 10,688 Tech demonstrator
24 HALE 217 34,777
UCAV 180 30,000 UCAV demonstrator Advanced pilotless 93 29,528 Target drone
target aircraft MUAV 30 min 1 LOS 656 Antiterrorism - COIN
4.5 100 11,800 RSTA - BDA - ELINT - SIGIN
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Country Prime Designation Status Launch/Propulsion
India, cont’d DRDO, with ideaForge,,cont’d Pawan In developmentHindustan Aeronautics Naval Rotary UAV In development S-L -Rrotor Kadet Defense Systems Fire Bee In development B-L - Electric
Vigilant In development C-L -Elec. propJavelin 100NG Deployed C-L - GAS prop JX 2 Deployed C-L - GAS prop MSAT-500/NG Deployed B-L, C-L - 40-hp rotary
National Aerospace Laboratories Black Kite MAV In development H-L - Electric Golden Hawk In development H-L - Electric Pushpak In development H-L - Electric Imperial Eagle In development H-L - Electric
with ADE Slybird In development H-L - Elec. above wing P-POM UAV Systems Baaz In development H-L - Electric prop Speck Systems Bird-Eye 400 In development Electric prop
Bird-Eye 600 In development B-L, C-L - ElectricBird-Eye 650 In development B-L, C-L - Electric P-PI View MK50 In development G-L - GAS
IndonesiaAero Terrascan (R-BOTIX) RBX01 In production H-L - Electric P-P
RBX02 In production C-L - Electric P-P RBX04 In production G-L - Electric P-P
IranGhods Aviation Industries Ababil 3 (Swallow) Deployed T-L, S-L (RATO) - P-P
Mohajer-1/2/3/4 (Mirsad-1, Deployed TurbojetDoma, Hodhod, Shahin)
Saeghe-1/2 Deployed RATO Farnas Aerospace Black Eagle In production H-L - P-P
Shahin 1/2/8 In production RotaryZohal (Saturn) In development
HESA (aka IAMI) Hadaf-1 Unknown Jet Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Sofreh Mahi (Eagle Ray) In development Diamong-wing jet Industrial Company
Islamic Azad University - Qazvin Afar In development RTS Lab Paris Aerial Rescue Robot Testing Electric quadrotor Unknown Karrar (Striker) Under way Turbojet RATO
Hamaseh Under way P-P Zohal UnknownNazir (Harbinger) In production Pehpad Under wayH-110 Sarir (Throne) In production Twin P-P
Shahed Aviation Industries Shahed 129Research Center
Sharif University of Technology Shahbal Under way P-PTabriz University Shaparak (Butterfly) In development RATO
IsraelAAI RQ-7 Shadow Deployed C-L - P-P - Rotary MoGas
Orbiter Deployed C-L - Electric P-PAeronautics Defense Aerolight Completed C-L - P-P
Aerostar In production Fuel injection - P-P Dominator In production Dual turbodiesel Picador In production G-RotaryOrbiter I In production C-L - Electric P-P Orbiter II In production C-L - Electric P-P Orbiter III In production C-L - Electric P-P Aerosky Completed G-L, C-L - P-P
Bluebird Aero Systems Blueye Completed G-L - Prop Boomerang Completed C-L - Electric P-P MicroB In production Hand-held launcher - P-P SpyLite In production C-L - Electric ThunderB In production C-L WanderB In production G-L - Electric P-P
Elbit Systems Skylark 1LE Deployed H-L, B-L -Electric prop Skylark II Under way C-L -Electric prop Hermes 90 Deployed C-L - Electric P-P Hermes 450 Deployed Piston P-P
Reports on IranianUAVs, even from thegovernment, use different names (forboth companies andsystems,fg or none atall), technical andmission specifica-tions, program status,etc. This chart offersthe best informationposible, gleaned fromdozens of sources,with every effortmade to verify wildlydifferent claims.
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Type Endurance (hr) Range (mi.) Ceiling (ft) Mission
SUAV 5 90 R/S
Maritime VTOL 6 72 15,000 ISTAR - BDA - Comm - Aerial resupply Flying wing 1 6 LOS BP - ISR - PS - BDA - Envir.
2 50 9,800 R/S FW V-tail 45 min 12 Target drone - Weapon devel/eval
FW V-tail 1 12 Target drone - Weapon devel/eval 1.75 6.2 LOS - 62 BLOS 16,400 Target drone - R/S - EW - ECM
MAV 30 min 1.2 R/S MAV 30 min 1.2 R/S
MAV 30 min 1.2 R/S MUAV 1 6 15,000 ISR
MUAV 1 6 14,000 ISR MUAV 1 18 ISR MUAV 1 6 1,000 ISR
MUAV 2 4.5 1,000 ISR 3 12 2,000 ISR
MUAV 6 30 15,000 Brigade/SOF ISR
FW V-tail 1 9 CAS - Ag - Envir SUAV 1 9 CAS - Ag - Envir - SAR SUAV 1 9 CAS - Ag - Envir - SAR
1.5 93 14,000 R/S-A 7 90 15,000 RSTA-A
Delta wing P-P 45 min 30 11,000 Aerial target
MAV 30 min R/S MAV 3 R/S VTOL Indoor/outdoor surveillance
1.5 420 >25,000 Aerial target - R/S-A Stealth UCAV RSTA-A
demonstrator 2,486 4,921 AP - Survey - Map
VTOL Air-drop to drowning victims 1 620 Hunter-killer
FW HALE ISR-AVTOL
RSTA-A Hunter-killer
FW ISR MALE 24 1,200 Hunter-killer
12 3000 R/S 3.5 31 15,000 R/S - SAR - BP - CAS
TUAV 9 15,000 ISR MUAV 3 31.1 18,000 ISR
FW 4 90 10,000 Intel - Training - ISTAR - HS TUAV 12 150 18,000 RSTA - BP MALE 28 200 km LOS 30,000 MM/MR VTOL 8 120 ISTAR
MUAV 3 18 18,000 ISTAR - BDA - HS MUAV 4 48 18,000 ISTAR - BDA - HS STUAS 7 60 18,000 ISTAR - BDA - HS
TUAV 5 60 15,000 RSTA TUAV 8 30 10,000 Infra - BP - SAR - PS
MALE MAV 10 30-48 30,000 ISTAR - PS - BP - SAR - CAS Tactical MAV 1 6 10,000 ISTAR - BP - PS - SAR - CAS MUAV 4 48 30,000 ISTAR - PS - BP - SAR - BDA TUAV 16-24 90 16,000 ISTAR - BP - PS - SAR - CAS
MUAV 4 30 30,000 ISTAR - PS - BP - SAR - CAS MUAV 3 25 15,000 Battalion-level R/S
4 36 15,000 Brigade-level expeditionary Expeditionary TUAS 15 60 15,000 ISR - Comm - SAR MM/MR TUAS 17 180 18,000 ISTAR - EW - ELINT - Comm
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Country Prime Designation Status Launch/Propulsion
Israel, cont’d Elbit Systems, cont’d Hermes 900 In production P-P
Hermes 900 Maritime Patrol In production S-L - P-P Innocon MiniFalcon I Under way P-P - C-L
Minifalcon II Under way C-L, G-L MicroFalcon I Under way Joined-wing - B-L Spider Under way Electric prop
Falcon Eye Under way P-P - AvGas
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Birdeye 400 In production Electric - BL or HL Birdeye 650 . Completed Electric - BL, C-L ETOP In development Tethered - Electric rotor Ghost In development G-L - Electric HaropHeron 1/Mahatz 1 In production G-L - HF PP Heron TP In production G-L - Turbo P-P Hunter Completed HF - RATOPanther VTOL In production G-L - Electric Mini-Panther VTOL G-L, S-L - Electric Mosquito H-L, B-L -Elec. prop Naval Rotary UAV (NRUAV) Under way S-L - GAS rotor Searcher III Under way GAS P-P
Israel Military Industries ATALD Completed A-L Steadicopter Black Eagle-50 Completed G-L - Rotor TopiVision Casper 250 Under way H-L, B-L -Elec. prop
TAS Under way Tethered LTA Urban Aeronautics AirMule II Under way Turboshaft UVision Global Aero Systems Blue Horizon 2 Completed C-L, G-L - Elec. P-P [nee EMIT]
Butterfly Under way GAS Griffon Under way Electric P-P Marabou In development H-L - Elec. P-PSparrow N Under way Piston P-P - C-LWASP Canister - Elec. P-P Dragonfly DF 16B Under way Piston - R-LDragonfly 2000 Under way Piston - R-L, G-L
ItalyAermatica Spa Anteos Mini In production G-L - Elec. quadrotor
Anteos Micro In development G-L - Elec. quadrotor Alenia Aeronautica Sky-y Under wayAdvanced Aviation Technology RV-VTOL25 Under way GAS (A2TECH) RV-VTOLx4 In production Electric AugustaWestland Project Zero Testing Elec. - Tiltrotor Nimbus Srl EOS Xi In production P-P
D-Fly In development Twin prop Selex Galileo Avionica ASIO Under way G-L - Elec. rotor
ASIO-B In development G-L - Elec. rotor Crex-B Under way Elec. prop DRAKO Under way Elec. rotor - G-L DRAKO-S Under way Elec. rotor - G-L Falco In production G-L, C-L - GAS P-P Falco Evo In development G-L - GAS P-P Nibbio Under way A-L, G-L, T-L, S-L -
Dual JATO boostersSpyBall G-L - Elec. rotor
JapanYamaha R-Max Type II Completed Piston
R-Max Type IIG Completed Piston
JordanJordan Advanced Remote Systems Jordan Falcon Under way Electric P-P - C-L
Jordan Arrow Under way Piston P-P - C-L Silent Eye Under way Electric
KADDB Quad-Rotor In development
LatviaUAVFactory Penguin B In production G-L, R-L, T-L - Gas FI
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Type Endurance (hr) Range (mi.) Ceiling (ft) Mission
MM/MR MALE 36 Unlimited 30,000 ISTAR - EW - ELINT - Comm
MM/MR MALE 36 unlimited 30,000 ISTAR, naval warfare, SAR Tactical TUAV 15 120 18,000 ISR Tactical TUAV 15 120 18,000 ISR MAV 3 24 15,000 ISR - HS - CAS
MAV 40-110 min 24 18,000 Over-the-hill surveillance(by battery size)
TUAV 24 18,000 ISR MUAV 1 6.25 1,500 ISR - BDA - Urban
MUAV 7 12 1,500 ISTAR - PS Four-rotor ducted Unlimited Fixed or moving vehicle 328 Surveillance - BP - SOF Dual-rotor MUAV 0.5 ISR - Urban
MALE 45 150 30,000 All-weather ISTAR - COMINT/ELINT MALE MM/MR 36 BLOS w/satlink 13716 All-weather ISR - Comm
TUAV 21 155 20,000 RSTA Tiltrotor 6 36 10,000 ISTAR - BP
Tiltrotor MUAV 1.5 12 1,500 ISR - BP - PS - HS MAV 40 min. 1.2 500 ISR - SA
Helo 6 90 15,000 ISAR - SAR - BDA MM/MR TUAV 18 218 23,000 RSTA - BDA
35 min. sea-skim to 30,000 Enemy radar decoy; air superiority trainer Helo MUAV 3 9,000 ISR MUAV 1.5 6 RSTA - BP - BDA - envir.
492 RSTA - SAR - PS - BP VTOL TUAS 5 225 12,000 Rescue/medivac FW w/canard MALE 17 26,000 RSTA - BDA
TUAV Paraglider 4 72 Forward resupply and other special needs MUAV flying wing 3 ISR - HS - CAS - AP
MUAV RSTA Sub-tac 4 72 ISR
MUAV 30 min 5-10 LOS RSTA/SA for smallest operating units 1.5 15,000 FW prop TUAV 14 15,000
MUAV helo 25 min 656 ft 164 Envir - CAS - PS - Map MAV helo 15 min 656 ft 164 Envir - CAS - PS - Map
MALE 14 500 25,000 T&E Helo MAV 3 6 12,500 CAS - AP
Quadrotor 20 min 1640 ft 11,500 ISR - PS - Ag Tiltrotor demonstrator
Blimp/plane hybrid 2 3 984 R/S - SAR - BP - CAS - PS Blimp/plane hybrid 12 R/S - SAR - BP - CAS - PS
MUAV tail-sitter 0.5 hover - 6 P&S 6 8,200 Surveillance - H&S - SOF MAV rotor Surveillance - H&S - SOF
MAV flying wing 1 6 10,500 SOF ISR Quadrotor MAV 30 min 3 6,890 R/S - Urban - PS - SOF Quadrotor MAV 30 min 3 6,890 CAS - AP
MALE TUAV 14 120 16,404 R/S - CAS - HS MALE TUAV 18 120 19,685 All-weather ISR - CAS - HS Deep reconn 1.5 240 12,500 RSTA - BDA - EW - SAR
MAV ring-rotor 30 min 8 SOF ISR
1 0.25 492 Ag - AP - Infra - Envir Ag - AP - Infra - Envir
4 280 RSTA 2 20-62 Aerial target Surveillance - PS - SAR
VTOL TUAS 12 min 2,297 ft 1,640 Recon
SUAS LALE 26.5 60 16,000 R/S - SAR - BP - CAS
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Country Prime Designation Status Launch/Propulsion
LebanonHezbollah (disputed) Mirsad-1 Piston
MalaysiaComposite Technology Research ALUDRA Mk1 Deployed G-L – GAS P-P w/Science & Technology (STRIDE) ALUDRA Mk2 Under way Piston P-P Research Institute for Defense ALUDRA SR-08 In development H-L -Electric prop
Intisar 100 Under way VTOL - GAS Intisar 300 Testing VTOL - GAS or electric
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Maroon Eagle In development G-L - Multirotor
MexicoAerovantech Alfa 3 In development P-P
Beta-1A Under wayHydra Technologies S4 Ehecatl In production GAS
G1 Guerrero In production GAS S5 Kukulkan Development completed GAS S4R Janus In production GAS
NetherlandsClear Flight Solutions/GreenX Robobirds Prototype H-L - Electric Delft Dynamics RH2 Stern Deployed G-L - GAS Dutch Space [EADS Astrium] MATE In development Tube-launched - Electric High Eye B.V. HEF30-Ca Under way G-L - GAS
HEF80 Under way G-L - GAS HEF150 Under way G-L - GAS
New ZealandHawkeye UAV RQ-84Z AeroHawk Under way H-L - Electric Skycam UAV Kahu Hawk Deployed H-L - Electric
Swampfox Under way Electric
North KoreaUnknown In development
NorwayNorinnova Technology Transfer Aranica Under way P-P CybAero APID 60 Under way G-L, S-L - GAS FI - opt HF ET-Air Cruiser In production C-L - Jet
Cruiser 2 In production GAS P-PReporter In development H-L
Maritime Robotics OceanEye In development Northern Research Institute CryoWing 1 In development Gas/Oil P-P Odin Aero AS Cruiser In development P-P
Recce D6 In developmentPrion In development P-PPrion 3-001 In development P-PPrion 3-004 In development P-P
Prox Dynamics 100 Black Hornet PRS In production MAV-06 one-gram Experimental Electric rotor MAV-07 Under way Electric multirotor PicoFlyer Experimental Electric multirotor Ornithopter Experimental Elec. - Flapping wings
Robot Aviation Aerobot Canard Testing P-PSimicon Arctic UAS In development Vinghog (Simrad Optomics Group Yagua In development P-P - part of Rheinmetall)
PakistanAdvance Aeronautics Research Sys. Aerobot Lite/Pro H-L/B-L - Electricformerly Pakistan Aero. Complex Advanced Computing & Eaglet-I Under way Electric prop Engineering Solutions Eagle Eye-P1T Under way G-L - GAS P-P
UQAB P1 Under way G-L - P-PUQAB P2 Under way G-L - P-P
GIDS Shahpar Under way G-L - P-P I
Reports on Pakistani UAVs, even from the government, use different names (forboth companies andsystems, or none at
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Type Endurance (hr) Range (mi.) Ceiling (ft) Mission
6,600 RS/attack
FW 3 30 12,000 Surveillance and monitoring 6 93 12,000 Surveillance and monitoring Flying wing 1.7 9 13,123 ISR
Helo SUAS 1 1.2 LOS 800 Surveillance - AP - HS - Envir Helo MUAV 1.5 gas; 40 min elec. 9 6,561 R/S
VTOL MUAV 40 min 0.6 1,150 Map - Surveillance - Envir - BP
Testbed/demonstrator 20 Validate/integrate UAV components 65 14,765
MR TUAV 8 60 15,000 CAS - IR - ISR MR TUAV 14 48 12,000 CAS - IR - ISR TUAV 14 66-120 20,000 CAS - IR - ISR TUAV 8 60 15,000 CAS - IR - ISR
Flapping wing Mil R/S - Bird control VTOL 1.5 11 3,281 R/S - PS - Envir - Map FW prop MUAV 1 3 <985 Div/Brig-level SA - Recon VTOL SUAS 2 60 9,843 BP - ISR - PS - Envir - HS- SAR
VTOL SUAS 6 9,843 BP - Envir - PS - SAR - AP - Comm - Ag VTOL SUAS 7
FW prop SUAS 1.5 AP FW prop MUAV 2 15.5 16,500 AP - Surveillance
FW P-P MUAV 50 min AP
MQM-107D Missile testing - but S.K. expects deployment
Streaker clone near Yellow Sea. Reports say N.K. has tried to weaponize imported UAVs and may do the same withindigenous clone
V-tail Envir. - Map - Ocean surveillance VTOL TUAV 8 120 RSTA - BP - SAR - Comm - EW
SUAS 600 Research - Target - Envir SUAS 15
MUAV Tethered aerostat 460 Ocean surveillance FW V-tail 5 311 16,400 Arctic high altitude
MAV
MAV nanocopter 25 min. 0.6 LOS SAR - R/S - CAS - H&S MAV nanocopter 1 min.
MAV VTOL 10 min. AP - Indoor/outdoor MAV VTOL 3 min.
MAV 1 min.
TBD Arctic Search/surveillance FW 6 18 SOF ISR
1-2 3 2,000 Research MAV trainer 45 min 9 1,500 Flight training - Target 1 LOS 1,500 Flight training - Target
TUAV 3 60 10,000 Recon TUAV 4 90 10,000 Recon
TUAV canard 7 155 17 R/S
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Country Prime Designation Status Launch/Propulsion
Pakistan cont’dIntegrated Dynamics Border Eagle Mk II In production Piston P-P
Desert Hawk Under way Hand-launchedExplorer Under way G-L, T-L P-P Hawk Mk5 Deployed GAS propHornet Mk4 Deployed Piston propNishan Mk II Under way GAS P-P Nishan TJ 1000 Under way Miniturbo Pride Under way H-L -Electric prop Rover Mk-1 Under way H-L - Electric P-P Shadow Mk-I Under way P-PSKYCAM Under way H-L - Electric P-P Spirit Under way H-L -Electric prop Tornado 2000 Under way Mini-turbojet - C-L Vector Under way Twin-boom P-PVision Mk1/Mk2 Under way P-P
NESCOM Burraq UnknownSATUMA Flamingo Completed G-L - GAS prop
FST Deployed G-L - GAS P-P HST Deployed G-L - GAS P-P Jasoos II/Bravo+ Deployed GAS P-P Mukhbar Completed G-L - GAS P-P Shooting Star Deployed RATO - Turbojet Stingray Under way B-L -Electric prop Sky-C Under way H-L -Electric prop Tunder SR Deployed C-L - GAS Tunder LR Deployed C-L - GAS
Technocrafts Ababeel Under way Jumbo Baaz Under way Gas/oil rotary
PeruProject Development Centre CEDEP 1 Prototype(CEDEP) Air Force of Peru Pegasus In development GAS
Quinde In development
PolandTriggerComposites Pteryx Lite/Pro Under way H-L, B-L -Electric prop
Flytronic FlyEye Under way H-L -Electric prop SKNL Prz PR-1 Szpion Prototype H-L -Electric prop
PR-2 Bat Prototype Electric twin-prop PR-5 Wiewior Plus Prototype PR-7 Wir Prototype G-L - Elec. rotor PR-9 Tukan Prototype C-L -Electric prop
PortugalAFA [Portuguese ANTEX- m (X00, X01, X02) Under way Air Force Academy] ANTEX- m X03 Under way
Flying wing NOVA
FEUP [School of Engineering Lusitania Under way of Porto University) Silver Fox Under wayTekever AR4 Light Ray Under way H-L -Electric prop UAVision OctoCopter UX-801 Testing G-L - Electric multirotor
QuadCopter UX-401 In production G-L - Electric multirotor QuadCopter UX-4001 Mini In production G-L - Electric multirotor Tekever AR4
University of Minho AIVA Experimental Electric pusher prop
RomaniaINAV Aviation Institute Argus S Under way
Argus Xl Under way GAS P-P Incas IAR-T Under way
RussiaA Level Aerosystems ZALA 421-Demo Under way G-L -Electric prop [aka ZALA Aero] ZALA 421-02X Under way G-L - GAS rotor
ZALA 421-04M Under way C-L -Electric prop ZALA 421-06 Under way G-L - GAS rotor
all), technical andmission specifica-tions, program sta-tus, etc. This chartoffers the best infor-mation posible,gleaned from dozensof sources, withevery effort made to verify wildly different claims.
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Type Endurance (hr) Range (mi.) Ceiling (ft) Mission
3 18 BP -CAS
FW 4 48 10,000 Research
FW 6 60 Surveillance FW 4 48 Surveillance Delta wing High-speed target drone Delta wing High-speed target drone
FW 1 9 3,000 PS - News - Research FW 1 3 2,000 PS - News - Research FW 6 120 Surveillance
FW 3 0.5-1 1,000 PS - News - Research FW 1 9 1,000 PS - News - Research
FW 120 Fighter decoy FW 120 Surveillance
FW 4 30 Mk1 - 72 Mk2 Surveillance - Payload testUCAV Attack
FW 8 120 LOS; 240 silent mode 14,000 MR, ISR FW 5 LOS Full-scale Jasoos trainer Fw 1.5 LOS Half-scale Jasoos trainer
TUAV 5 60 LOS 10,000 ISR - BDA - CAS FW SUAS 1.5 30 LOS 7,000 ISR - BDA - CAS
FW twin jet 1 120 18,000 High-speed target drone Delta wing MAV 1 9 LOS 1,500 SR - BDA - CAS 1 10 LOS 1,000 ISR, OVT, BDA
Delta wing 1.5 6 3,000 Short-range target drone Delta wing 1.5 24 3,000 Long-range target drone
FW prop 20 min Target drone 1.25 36 Target sim.
R/S 2 120 3,000 R/S
240 ISR - PS - HS
FW SUAS 2 25 9,843 Lite - AP - CAS - SAR - Envir3,937 Pro
FW SUAS 120 13,123 ISR - BP - PS - HS - Envir FW MUAV 1 R/S
FW MUAV 1 AP - CAS - BP - Envir FW V-tail twin-prop 50 min Quadrotor MAV FW V-tail twin-prop 50 min
FW P-P 0.8 Tech demonstrator 20 min
20 minFW prop
FW prop 80 min Inspection - Envir 10
FW P-P 3 12 ISTAR - BDA - Comm Eight-rotor SUAS 15 min 1.8 LOS AP - Video Quadrotor MUAV 25 min 0.6 LOS AP - Video - Inspection Quadrotor SUAV 25 min 0.6 LOS AP - News - CAS
Civil fire/agriculture monitoring
FW prop 120 R/S - Envir - CAS FW P-P canard 162
0.5 6
Flying wing MUAV 40 min 1.5 Demonstrator VTOL SUAS 1.5 30 9,843 Close hovering - as above
Flying wing MUAV 2-3.5 24-90 11,811 R/S - Monitoring VTOL SUAS 2 24 9,843 R/S - Monitoring
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Russia, cont’d A Level Aerosystems, cont’d ZALA 421-08 Under way H-L - Electric prop
ZALA 421-15 Under way G-L - Electric rotor ZALA 421-16 Under way C-L - GAS prop ZALA 421-20 Under way G-L - GAS
ZALA 421-21 Under way G-L - Electric multirotor ZALA 421-23 Under way G-L - GAS rotor
Aerokon Inspector 101 Under way C-L - Electric prop Inspector 201 Under way C-L, H-L - Elec. P-P Inspector 301 Under way C-L - Electric P-P Inspector 401 Under way C-L
Enics E08 Under way C-L -Pulse jet E95M Under way C-L -Pulse jet E2T Under way C-L -Pulse jet T10E Under way C-L - Electric P-P T23 Eleron Under way B-L, C-L -elec.. P-P
Irkut DA42 Under way Twin piston1AIrkut-2M Completed C-L - Electric prop 3 H-L - Electric P-P Irkut-10 Completed H-L - Electric P-P 200 G-L - GAS tail prop 850 G-L - GAS
IEMZ Istra-10 In production H-L - Electric prop Istra-13 In production C-L - Electric prop
Kamov Ka-135 Prototype TBD In development Albatros In development Ka-137 Under way G-L, S-L - GAS rotor MBVK-137 VTOL Under way A-L, S-L, T-L - GAS rotor
Popov Omsk Radio Factory Iskatel T-4 (Searcher) Testing Electric Sokol Altius In development Twin turboprop
with Tranzas Inokhodyets (Wanderer) In development Twin turboprop
Sukhoi Zond-1 Under way Twin jet
Zond-2 Under way Twin jet
Zond-3M Under way Turbofan pusher prop
Kronshtadt [also has been Dozor-600 Under way G-L - GAS linked to Tranzas]Vega Aist (Stork) Unknown Twin piston prop - A-L
Ray Unknown
SerbiaMilitary Technical Institute Pegaz 011 In development G-L - P-P
SingaporeAtlantis UVS AeroSeeker AERO-405A Under way Multirotor
AERO-405M Under way Multirotor
Singapore Technology Aerospace SkyBlade III Deployed C-L - Electric P-P SkyBlade IV Under way C-L - Electric P-P
SloveniaC-Astral Bramore gEO In production C-L - Electric P-P
Bramore EO/IR/LI In production C-L - Electric P-P
South AfricaAdvanced Technologies Kiwit Under way H-L -Electric prop & Engineering (ATE) Roadrunner Under way
Sentinel 500M Under way C-L - P-P Sentinel 620 Under way G-L - P-P Sentinel 800 Under way G-L - P-P
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Type Endurance (hr) Range (mi.) Ceiling (ft) Mission
Flying wing MAV 1.6 24 11,811 R/S - Monitoring
VTOL SUAS 20 min 9 8,200 R/S - Monitoring Flying wing SUAS 7 30 [120 silent] 9,843 R/S - SAR - Video relay - Monitoring FW prop 8 42 direct radio link; 1 2,139 R/S - BP - Envir - PS
240 satlink Six-rotor MAV 40 min 3 3,281 AP - Remote high alt. R/S VTOL 1.5 24 9,843 Monitoring - Video Flying wing MAV 40 min 27 4,921 Monitoring - Video Flying wing MAV 1 28 1,640 SAR - Ag - Envir - R/S Flying wing SUAS 2 99 1,640 Surveillance - Inspect FW prop 5 249 82,000 Surveillance. - Inspect
FW canard 30 min 43.5 9,850 Target drone FW 30 min 116 9,850 Target drone Flying wing SUAS 30 min 9,850 Small subsonic target Flying wing SUAS 2 16,400 Remote observation
Flying wing MUAV 1.5 6.5 9,850 Surveillance 26 120
3 984 Flying wing MUAV 1.25 12 984 Multimission FW MUAV 1.25 9 1,640 AP Delta wing 2 42 1,640 AP - TA FW SUAS 12 120 1,640 AP - TA - Light cargo OPV FW motor glider 12 120 9,850 AP - TA - Light cargo
FW SUAS 1 9,843 FW 4-prop SUAS 2.5 9,843 RSTA
SR light VTOL Med. weight VTOL 180 Heavy lift VTOL
VTOL MM/MR 4 16,400 CBW detection - BP - Envir VTOL MM/MR 4 329 9,500 hover - Recon. - BP - PS - Envir
16,400 max 40 min 13,123
Five-ton high-wing ISTAR - Strike?V-tail MALE
One-ton high-wing ISTAR - Strike?V-tail MALE
18 16,000 ATC comm relay
24 16,000 Multispectral monitoring
12 8,000 Multispectral monitoring
FW P-P 24 2,300 24,600 R/S - Comm relay
12 250 6,000 R/S
FW TUAV 12 62 9,850 LR day/night recon
Autonomous quadrotor 35 min- 4 P&S 1.2 AP - CAS - BPMAV
Semiautonomous 35 min- 4 P&S 1.2 AP - CAS - BPquadrotor MAV
FW MUAV 1 5 1,500 RSTA - BDA - BP _ AP - SAR FW SUAV 6-12 60 15,000 RSTA - SAR
BWB SUAS 100 min 24 14,100 SA - Envir. - SAR - HS - Infra BWB SUAS 3 18 LOS 13,780 SA - Envir. - SAR - HS - Infra
FW MAV 1 3 495 R/S - BP - Infra - AP - PS
Rhomboid-wing MAV 1 3 R/S - PS - SA FW 6 5 RSTA - BP FW 15 RSTA - BP FW 20 RSTA - BP
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Country Prime Designation Status Launch/Propulsion
S. Africa, cont’dATE, cont’d Sentinel-LE G-L - P-P
Vulture Deployed C-L -Electric prop Council for Scientific and Sekwa In operation Industrial Research Indiza In operation H-L
Modular UAV In operation Denel Dynamics Bateleur On hold P-P
Hungwe In development P-P Seeker 400 In development P-P Seeker II+ Complete P-P Skua Complete C-L - Microturbo
South KoreaKAI KU S-11 In development
KU S-15 In development K-CUAV In development KU S-X In development Turbojet
Kyung An Cable Urban StarSmart UAV Development Center Korean Smart UAV Under way Tiltrotor Ucon Systems RemoEye H-M100 In development Rotor
RemoEye 002A Complete H-L - Electric P-P RemoEye 006 Complete B-L - Electric P-P RemoEye 015 G-L - GAS P-P Quadrotor Electric rotor
SpainNational Institute for Aerospace ALO In development C-L -Electric prop Technology (INTA) HADA Taurus Tech demonstrator
PLATINUM In developmentSIVA Under way
Aerovisión Vehículos Aéreos FULMAR Complete C-L - Gas/Oil P-P Alpha Unmanned Systems Sniper Completed GAS rotor
Sniper XL Completed GASCommando Completed Electric rotor Atlantic Completed P-P
Indra ATMOS-2 Under way Electric P-P MANTIS In development Pelec.ano Testing G-L - HF rotor
INTA ALO Under way Piston prop - C-LSIVA Under way Piston - R-L ALBA Under way Piston prop - C-L
Singular Aircraft SA03 Under way GAS dual prop
SwedenCybAero APID 55 Under way Diesel rotor
APID MK 5 Under wayVantage Under way
Saab Defense Skeldar V-200/V-200M In production HF, Jet A-1, JP-5/F-44, JP-8/F-34
UAS Europe Spy Owl 100 In production H-L, G-L - Electric P-P Spy Owl 200 H-L, C-L - Electric P-P Spy Owl 300 C-L, T-L, G-L - GAS P-P
SwitzerlandAeroscout GmbH Scout B1-100 In production G-L - GAS senseFly eBee Under way
swinglet CAM Under way P-P Swiss UAV NEO S-300 Under way Rotor
KOAX X-240 Under way Rotor
TaiwanChung-Shan Institute of Science Cardinal In production H-L - Electric P-Pand Technology Chung Shyang II In production Pusher prop
Gaui Prototype GAS rotor Kestrel II Deployed C-L - Piston Soaring Kite Under way Unnamed MAV In development
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Type Endurance (hr) Range (mi.) Ceiling (ft) Mission
FW RSTA - BP
TUAV 3-4 125 16,400 TA - Recon BWB research platform Research platform
Research platform Modular design for different tests MALE 24 150 25,000 Surveillance - Proof-of-concept demo
OPV delta wing 6 60 LOS 12,000 BP - PS - SAR - Surveillance - HS FW 16 150 LOS - 420 NLOS 18,000 RSTA-A - ELINT - ESM FW 10 150 LOS 18,000 RSTA - BDA
1 120 LOS 36,000 High-speed (M=0.86) target drone
TUAV MALE V-tail
UCAV Combat UAV Delta wing
VTOL 1.5 R/S - Civilian monitoring VTOL R/S - Comm - NBC detect
FW MAV 1 6 3,000 R/S FW MAV 1.5 9 3,000 R/S FW V-tail MAV 4 24
Quadrotor MAV 20 min 0.6
FW 3 30 RSTA - PS 1/3-scale test model AC/helo in-flight morph
90 13,123
Flying wing MAV 8 480 11,155 R/S VTOL 1.75 35 9,850 ISTAR - Envir - AP - SAR
2 35 9,850 ISTAR VTOL 45 min 10 13,125 ISTAR - Urban R/S
FW 6-8 180 13,125 ISTAR - SAR - Research FW 2 9 R/S - AP - PS - Ag - News
MAV 2 18 LOS ISTAR - PS VTOL 6 60 11,500 ISR - BP - HS - CBRN
2 30 RSTA 6.5 90 9,800 Aerial surveillance 1 2.5 Aerial target
FW amphib. 71 360 26,250 Surveillance - Ag - PS - Light cargo
3-6 48.4 9,900 STAR VTOL
3-5 7,989 MM/MR TUAV 5 90 14,750 BDA, BP, Chem, COMM, ELINT, EW, HS, ImiNT,IR,
ISTAR, MDA, PID, RSTA, SA, SAR, SIGINT, STAR FW UAS trainer 1
FW 2 4,921 FW 10 60
MAV MM/MR 1.5 4 3,000 CAS - IR - Mapping Delta wing 45 min 1.8 Mapping
Flying wing MAV 30 min Mini-helo 5 72 14,750
Mini-helo
6 RSTA 10 12,000 R/S - Possible armed variant
VTOL 1 BP - Map - Envir 8 27 12,000 Recon - Surveillance Trainer 1 Training for future Chung Shyang pilots MAV
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Country Prime Designation Status Launch/Propulsion
TunisiaTunisia Aero Technologies Buraq In development P-P Industries Jebel Assa/Djebel Laassa In development GAS or HF P-P
(Mountain Watch)Jinn In development Rotor Nasnas MK1 In development P-P SAR In development Rotor
TurkeyBaykar Machine Bayraktar Testing P-P
Bayraktar Mini Deployed H-L - Electric - P-P Heli-Turk Under way PistonMalazgirt Deployed G-L - GAS or electric rotor
Turkish Aerospace Industries AMKA Under wayR-10E Testing G-L - Electric rotor R-IHA In development R-300 Testing G-L - Electric rotor Simsek In development C-L (land/sea) TiHA-A (Anka-A) Testing G-L - HF turboprop VESTEL AriBora Testing Efe EgeKarayel In production GAS Prop
UAEADCOM Military Industries Yabhon RX Under way C-L - Gas P-P
Yabhon GRN-1 Under way C-L (land/sea) - Jet turbine [ADCOM uses the Yabhon name Yabhon GRN-2 Under way C-L (land/sea) - Dual jet turbines for a wide range of UAVs with Yabhon HMD Under way C-L (land/sea) - Jet turbine little else in common] Yabhon-H Under way C-L (land/sea)
Yabhon-N Under way C-L - Gas P-P Yabhon-R Under way G-L - GAS P-P Yabhon-R2 Under way G-L - GAS P-P United 40 Under way G-L - Hybrid gas/elec. SAT-400 Under way P-P Smart Eye Under way GAS P-P Smart Eye 1 Under way G-L - GAS Prop
U.K.BAE Systems ASTRAEA Flying Testbed Under way G-L - Twin turboprop
Demon In development Herti XPA-1B Unknown G-L - P-P Mantis In development G-L - P-P
with Dassault Aviation Telemos In developmentTaranis Testing G-L - Turbofan
Barnard Microsystems Ltd. InView Under way G-L - AvGas twin prop VuFab Under way G-L - GAS Prop
Cranfield Aerospace Observer Under way C-L - Gas P-P with Tasuma MinO Testing C-L - CyberFlight CyberEye II In production G-L - Electric or gas P-P
CyberEye II Deployed G-L - GAS P-P CyberQuad In production G-L - Elec. multirotor DM-65 In production G-L - Elec. multirotor Dominator In production G-L - Elec. multirotor E-SwiftEye In production H-L - Electric P-P Maveric In production H-L - Electric P-P Midge In production H-L - Electric prop Zygo In production H-L - Elec. or gas prop
Meggitt Defence Systems Banshee Deployed C-L - Snipe Deployed H-L, C-L (land/sea) - Gas P-P Voodoo Deployed C-L - Gas prop
Singular Aircraft SA03 In development G-L - Gas prop Skyships C1000 Under way G-L - Gas or Elec.Tasuma Hawkeye III In production H-L or C-L / Elec.
FR Raven II Testing C-L Vindicator Low-rate prod AR731 rotary
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Type Endurance (hr) Range (mi.) Ceiling (ft) Mission
FW HALE 60 RSTA-A - Map - Envir FW 12 (GAS) - 24 (HF) 1,044 15,000 RSTA - CAS - Map - BP - SAR
VTOL R/S-A
FW 11 Recon - Envir - Map - Infra VTOL SAR - Envir - Infra - Comm
MALE TUAV 15 90 22,500 Close-range R/S FW V-tail MAV 80 min 34 13,125 R/S
2 10 12,000 RSTA VTOL MAV 1.5 12 3,600
MALE RSTA-A VTOL 40 min 9 1,500
VTOL MAV 4 10,000 RSTA - BDA - SIGINT VTOL SUAS 4 60 10,000 ISR - BDA - BP - SAR
High-speed target 1 60 LOS 15,000 MALE P-P 24 124 30,000 RSTA
FW prop trainerFW V-tail prop
FW V-tail TUAV 20 20,000
FW TUAV 6 18,000 R/S - SAR - BP - Envir. Forward-swept wings 1.5 29,500 Advanced missile target
Forward-swept wings 2 26,000 Scale-up of GRN-1 FW 1.2 26,200 High-speed target drone Delta wing 5 18,000 Recon
Flying body target 3 20,000 Sim. air defense threat FW MALE P-P canard 27 22,000 ISR - SAR - BP FW MALE P-P canard 27 22,000 R/S - SAR - BP
FW MALE P-P canard 120 23,000 ISR - Comm - BDA - SOF - BP Flying body target 2 Target drone
FW MALE 120 24,000 ISR - Comm - BDA - SOF - BP FW TUAV w/twin 2 9,800 ISR - Comm - BDA - SOF - BP
front-facing rear props
Converted airliner 780 24,000 Test weather avoidance - Sense and avoid - Emergency landing
Delta-wing demonstrator Converted Aero J6 glider 25 Demonstrator
MALE FW twin turboprop 24 Persistent surveillance MALE
Flying wing 8 Intercontinental N/A UCAV ACTD FW MM/MR SUAS 7 420 6,000 BP - Envir - PS - HS - SAR - AP - R&D - Training
FW 1.5 90 1,500 AP - UAV R&D - Training Delta wing 2 15 16,250 R/S
Flying wing MAV R/S FW MUAV 3 elec./6 fuel 24 131 SAR - BP - TA MALE over-wing engine 10 36 15,000 R/S - BP - TA
VTOL quadrotor 20 min 1.8 3,281 R/S - P&S VTOL quadrotor 40 min 1.8 9,850 R/S - P&S - CAS - PS VTOL quadrotor 0.5 1.8 3,285 R/S - P&S - CAS - PS Flying wing MAV 70 min 14 13,125 RSTA Bendable-wing MAV 45 min 4.2 13,125 RSTA FW MUAV 50 min 6 9,850 RSTA FW MUAV 2 elec./4 fuel 24 14,765 RSTA
FW target 1.5 60 23,000 Air defense gunnery - Missile trainer FW target 45 min 3.6 optical - 25 BVR 5,000 Low-speed aerial target FW V-tail target 2.5 74 30,000 Aerial target
High-wing amphib 71 670 basic/7,100 ferry Ag - PS - Surveillance - Cargo Airship 2 1.5 400 R/S
MUAV 1 6 R/S - ImInt P-P SUAS 3 30 Day/Night VidS
Target drone 1.25 6
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Country Prime Designation Status Launch/Propulsion
U.K., cont’dTasuma with Cranfield Observer Under way C-L - Gas P-P
MinO Testing C-L - Thales Watchkeeper WK450 Deployed P-P UAVSI Vigilant Completed ElectricUTS GSAT-200 Under way C-L - Gas prop
MSAT-500/NG Under way C-L - Gas P-P Mercury Under way Piston - C-LVigilant Under way C-L -Electric prop
Warrior (Aero-Marine Ltd.) GULL 24 UXV Under way G-L, Water- L - Gas prop GULL 44 UXV Under way G-L, Water- L - Gas prop GULL 68 UXV Under way G-L, Water- L - Gas prop
U.S.AAI RQ-7B Shadow 200 TUAS Completed Hydraulic launch; rotary
MOGAS engineShadow 400 Completed P-PShadow 600 Completed Rotary P-POrbiter C-L - Electric P-P XMQ-19A Aerosonde 4.4 Under way C-L - FI Gas P-P XMQ-19A Aerosonde 4.7 In development
Advanced Defense Technologies Amphibious UAV In production G-L, W-L - Gas prop Reconnaissance Electric UAV In production G-L - Electric P-P
Electric Tactical UAV In production G-L - Electric prop Gasoline UAV In production G-L - Gas or electric P-P Advanced Intelligent Testing C-L Seeker Wing
AeroVironment RQ-11B Raven Completed H-L - Electric P-P RQ-14 Dragon Eye Deployed B-L - Electric dual prop RQ-20A Puma AE Under way H-L -Electric prop Shrike In development Electric multirotor Switchblade In development Tube-launched - Elec. Wasp AE Under way H-L -Electric prop Global Observer RDT&E G-L - Hybrid liquid
hydrogen/elec. prop with DARPA Nano Hummingbird Demonstrator H-L - Elec. American Dynamics Flight Systems AD-150 Under way G-L, S-L - AvGas twin turboprop Applewhite Aero Bala B In development H-L - Electric
Jago B In development H-L - Electric Invenio In development H-L - Electric
Applied Research Associates Nighthawk Completed H-L -Electric prop Arcturus UAV T-15 Under way C-L - Elec. or HF prop
T-16XL Under way C-L - Elec. or HF prop T-20 Under way C-L - MoGas prop
Atair LEAPP Type I Complete G-L - Supercharged diesel Insect (LEAPP Type II) Under way G-L - GAS Micro LEAPP (Type III) Complete G-L - GAS
Aurora Flight Sciences Centaur Under way G-L - HF twin turboprop Excalibur In development G-L - Turbine-elec. hybrid Orion In development G-L - AvGas twin prop
ducted rotorSkate SUAS Under way H-L, V-L - Electric SunLight Eagle Experimental G-L - Solar electric prop
AutoCopter E15 In production VTOL - Electric rotor
G15 In production VTOL - Electric rotor HD65 In development VTOL - Gas rotor
BAE Systems Coyote Under way A-L from sonobuoy tube - Electric P-P
Manta B4 Under way G-L - Gas reverse rotation tractor P-P
Silver Fox D Under way C-L - Gas/elec. prop BAI Systems XPV-1 Tern Completed GAS [part of L-3 Communications] Dragon In production GAS - R-L, RATO Bihrle Applied Research Mantra In development G-L, T-L Boeing Defense, Space & Security A160T Hummingbird Uncertain G-L - Turboshaft rotor Phantom Works Phantom Eye In development C-L - Liquid hydrogen prop
Phantom Ray In development
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Type Endurance (hr) Range (mi.) Ceiling (ft) Mission
Delta wing 2 15 16,250 R/S
Flying wing MAV R/S FW V-tail ISTAR
2 80 4,000 ISTAR FW 35 min 6.2 LOS - 50 electronic 6,500 Aerial target Delta wing 1.75 6.2 LOS - 50 electronic 16,400 Aerial target 3 RSTA FW 2 50 9,800 Surveillance
Seaplane 507 ISR - Envir - HS - CAS Seaplane 985 ISR - Envir - HS - CAS Seaplane 1124 ISR - Envir - HS - CAS
9 125 4,572 ISRTA
5 200 3,353 ISRTA 14 200 4,877 ISRTA
Delta wing MAV 3 31.1 18,000 ISR LALE 1000 nm 15,000 Surveillance - Envir
FW dual prop 4 Unlimited w/satnav 9,500 FW 4 25 5,000 FW 2 25 5,000 FW 4 Unlimited w/satnav 5,000 Flying wing SUAS 1.5 30 30,000 BDA - BP - CAS - HS - IR - ISR - ImiNT - RS -SAR
FW 1.5 6 LOS 500 op - 14,000 max RSTA
FW 1 3 LOS 152 Over-the-next-hill tactical R/S FW MAV 2 3 500 RSTA
Quadrotor MAV 40 min 3 LOS ISR - P&S - H&S MAV NLOS/BLOS H-K 10 min 6 >500 op - 15,000 max I SR - Loitering precision strike
FW 50 min 3 LOS 500 Squad-level R&S FW 4-Prop; 175-ft 7 days 65,000 ISR - HS - Comm - Envir.
` wingspan Flapping wing NAV ISR - Indoor/outdoor PH
Tilt-duct VTOL RSTA-A - EW - Resupply MM/MR SUAS 30-45 min 10 10,000 Target - Research
MM/MR SUAS 45-60 min 20 10,000 Flight Training - Research SUAS 30-45 min 10 10,000 MM/MR - Humanitarian aid
FW V-tail MAV 1 6 11,000 Platoon/Squad/Fire Team R/S FW T-tail SUAV 12 14 ISR - Comm - Map - Envir - Ag - PS - BP
FW T-tail SUAV 24 15,000 ISR - Comm - Map - Envir - Ag - PS - BP FW T-tail SUAV 16 15,000 ISR - SAR - HS
Powered paraglider 55 52,000 ISR Powered paraglider 34 17,000 ISR Powered paraglider 4 12,000 ISR/BDA
OPV FW MM/MR 24 2,000 27,500 ISR - PS - HS VTOL/STOL/STOVL TUAV 3 12,192 RSTA-A FW MALE 3-5 days 2,000 30,000 RSTA-A - Comm - SIGINT
FW VTOL SUAS 1-1.5 1.8-3 400 op - 13,000 max Urban ISR - PS - CAS
>25,000 HALE Test platform
M/UAV helo 15-20 min AP - Surveillance M/UAV helo 1 AP - Surveillance M/UAV helo 1 AP - Surveillance
FW cylandric 1.5 23 20,000 ISR - BDA - Envir
FW 6+ 23 16,000 ISR
FW SUAV 8 22 LOS 2,500 op -20,000 max ISR - BP - Convoy support 4 64.4 3,048 Force protection - Sensor dispersion Delta-wing prop 3 50 10,000 RSTA MM/MR SUAS SA-SAR VTOL helo 20 2,000 30,000 Forward resupply - ISR Lightweight HALE 4 400 LOS 65,000 persistent ISR - Com
Flying wing UCAV 1,500 40,000 HK - ISR - SEAD - EW - autonomous aerial
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Country Prime Designation Status Launch/Propulsion
U.S., cont’dDominator In development C-L (air/land/sea/sub) ScanEagle Deployed C-L - Gas or HF P-P NightEagle In production C-L - Gas or HF P-P
with NASA Transonic Demonstrator Still in conceptF/A-XX In development S-L - GAS rotor
DARPA TERN Solicitation March 2013 S-L
Dragonfly Pictures DP-5X In production HF - G-L DP-6 In production G-L - Electric
DP-12 LRIP G-L - MOGAS -
DP-12T In development HF - G-L, S-L
DRS Unmanned Technologies Sentry HP Completed G-L - Gas prop RQ-15 Neptune Completed C-L (land/sea) - AvGas P-P
Elbit Systems of America Hermes 450 Deployed G-L - Gas P-P Skylark I-LE Deployed H-L -Electric prop Skylark Block 2 In development H-L - HF prop
General Atomics I-GNAT ER/Sky Warrior Deployed Turbo P-P Aeronautical Systems Predator (RQ-1A/MQ-1) Deployed Turbo P-P
Predator B (MQ-9 Reaper) In production Turboprop MQ-1C Gray Eagle LRIP Thielert 135 HF Guardian Deployed Turboprop Predator XP Rotax 914 turboPredator C Avenger Testing PW545B
Griffon Aerospace MQM-171A Broadsword Under way C-L target/G-L XL version MQM-170A Outlaw In production C-L, G-L - Electric P-P MQM-170C Outlaw G2 In production C-L - P-P
Guided Systems Technologies SiCX-10E Deployed SiCX-25 Development completed G-L - GAS SiCX-75 Development under way G-L - GAS
SiCX-290 Development under way G-L - GAS
Honeywell T-Hawk Under way G-L - Gas ducted fan Innovative Automation Axo Completed H-L (land/sea) - Electric Technologies (IAT)
Pelican G-L - Dual electric propPoint and Toss UAS H-L Saitis VTOL - Quad electricSkyStinger H-L - Elec. EDF/Prop/P-PLethal Miniature Aerial In development Munition System
Kaman Aviation K-MAX UAT Deployed Single-engine twin rotor L-3 Unmanned Systems Cutlass Under way Can (land/air) - Elec. P-P
Mobius Under way G-L - Gas P-P TigerShark Under way G-L - Gas/oil P-P Viking 100 Completed ATOL - Gas P-P Viking 300 Under way ATOL - Gas P-P Viking 400 Under way ATOL - Gas P-P
Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk III Deployed H-L -Electric prop Fury 1500 In development C-L - HF P-P Indago In development Single-engine twin rotor Falcon HTV-2 In development Hypersonic RATO
Stalker Under way H-L, B-L - Electric prop Stalker XE Under way B-L - SOFC prop UCLASS In development S-L VARIOUS Concept X-56A Testing
Marcus UAV Zephyr 2 Under way H-L - Electric P-P Mission Technologies BUSTER In production AvGas Prop
E-BUSTER In production Electric P-P MLB Bat 4 In production G-L - Gas/oil P-P
Super Bat In production C-L - Gas/oil or AvGas P-P
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Type Endurance (hr) Range (mi.) Ceiling (ft) Mission
Boxy w/folding wings 14-24 ISR-A
FW STUAS 24+ 19,500 RISTA - SAR - Infra - Envir - BP - PS FW STUAS 18+ 19,500 SAR - BDA - BP - Ag - Comm
Sixth gen. OPV stealth A2AD AW - STW - SUW - CAS
fighter/UCAV Maritime MALE - 3-phase, 600-900 Launch/recover on LC
40-month RDT&E MM/MR helo 5 120 17,000 E/O - ISR
Tandem helo - MM/MR 20 min 120 12,000 E/O - ISRTUAV
Tandem helo - MM/MR 4 30 17,000 E/O - ISRTUAV
Tandem helo - MM/MR 7 120 17,000 E/O - ISTUAV
FW V-tail 6 70 10,000 R/S - Target - Sigint Delta-wing MUAV 4 50+ 8,000 RSTA
seaplane FW V-tail 18 120 ISR - SIGINT - Com
FW 3 9 Track moving targets FW 7+
MALE 40 25,000 ISTAR-A, SIGINT MALE 40 25,000 ISTAR-A, SIGINT
MALE MM/MR 27 50,000 ISTAR-A, SIGINT MALE 25 29,000 ISTAR-A, SIGINT
MALE MM/MR 27 50,000 ISTAR-A, SIGINT MALE 35 25,000 IS MALE MM/MR 18 50,000 ISTAR-A, SIGINT
LO FW Generic TUAV target/training system Low-wing V-tail Target - Research High-wing T-tail SUAV Target - Research
STUAS 25 min LOS 12,000 BDA, HS, ISR, CAS, CHEM, SA, SAR SUAS 2 9 LOS 10,000 BDA, CAS, HS, ISR, CHEM, RSTAR STUAS 6 10-30 LOS comm; 10,000 BDA, CAS, HS, ISR, CHEM, RSTAR
SATCOM NLOS M/UAV 7 10-30 LOS comm; 7,500 BDA, CAS, HS, ISR, CHEM, RSTAR, A
SATCOM NLOS VTOL MAV tail-sitter 50 min 3.6 10,000 SA - Reconn
FW V-tail 1 10 telemetry - 1 video Sensor/avionics test platform
FW Delta-wing
FW
0.5 >3 100 NLOS precision strike
OPV helo 10 115 29,000 Broad-area rapid resupply FW SUAV Expendable
OPV delta-wing canard 18-24 100 15,000-24,000 RSTA FW SUAV 10 47 R/S - Sensor drop
FW SUAV 14 47 R/S - Sensor drop FW SUAV 10 47 R/S - Sensor drop FW SUAV 12 75 RSTA - SIGINT - ELINT - CBRN
FW MUAV 1.5 9.3 ISR - SAR - SIGINT FW 15 1,500 15,000 ISR - EW
Quadrotor MUAV 50 min 3 LOS R/S - PS - P&S Flying wing hypersonic . up to Mach 20 PoC for force
demo application and launch from CONUS FW SUAV 2 15,000 R/S
FW SUAV 8 15,000 SOF Imaging UCAF flying wing demo IRSTA-A - Persistent ISR
VTOL flying wing 25,000 IRSTA-A - SW - BDA - Precision ResupplyActive flutter suppression/gust load alleviation
Flying wing MUAV 1 25 AP 4 24 TUAV, E/O, IR, RSTA, B-L, LALE
Joined wing 2 24 TUAV, E/O, IR, RSTA, B-L FW SUAV 12 10 datalink - 300 fuel 10,000 Surveillance. - Map - R&D FW SUAV 10 10 datalink - 400 fuel 10,000 Surveillance. - Map - R&D
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Country Prime Designation Status Launch/Propulsion
U.S. cont’dV Bat In production G-L - gas/oil ducted rotor
MMIST CQ-10A Deployed VTOL - Single-eng. twin rotor CQ-10B Under way VTOL - Gas rotor
Moller Aerobot In development VTOL - Gas or electric ducted rotor
PathfinderNaval Research Lab Ion Tiger Testing LH2 fuel cell
Stop-Rotor Rotary Wing In development G-L - Elec. [hybrid possible] Aircraft
Northrop Grumman EuroHawk (RQ-4E) On hold G-L - HF turbofan Aerospace Systems RQ-4 Blocks 20/30/40 - In production G-L - Turbofan
Global HawkX-47B UCAS-D RDT&E C-L S-L - Turbofan
Bat 12 Deployed R-L, S-L - GAS or HF EFI P-P MQ-4C Triton Testing MQ-5B Hunter Completed Heavy fuelMQ-8B FireScout In production VTOL - HF rotor MQ-8C Fire Scout LRIP VTOL - Turbine FADEC rotor Firebird RDT&E G-L - Turbofan or HFE P-P
Proxy Aviation Systems SkyRaider Under way G-L - Turbo P-P RotoMotion SR5 In production Electric
SR7 In production Electric SR20 In production Electric SR30 In production GAS SR100 In production Electric or GASSR125 In production GASSR200 In production GASSR200-A In production HF
Textron Defense Systems Battlehawk In development G-L Shadow M2 Development under way AvGas, HF - R-L, T-L
Shadow 200 In production - deployed AvGas - R-L, T-L
Theiss Aviation Ferret Under way H-L, B-L -Electric prop Super Ferret Under way H-L - Electric P-P Tarzan TD-1c Under way G-L - Gas Prop
UAV Factory Penguin B In production G-L, R-L, T-L - Gas FI UAV Research Lab Merlin 200 In production G-L, C-L - GAS P-P
Rotor Buzz In production G-L - GAS rotor Silhouette LRIP G-L - GAS or electric
WSGI Argus One Under way LTA Xtreme Drones Velocicopter In production Rotor
VietnamAcademy of Science & Technology MS1/S1/S2/S3/S4 Prototype G-L, H-L, T-L - Electric
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS
ACTD Advanced Concept & Technology Demonstrator
Ag Agriculture/Crop MonitoringA-L Air LaunchedAMW Anti-Mine WarfareAP Aerial PhotographyASW Anti-Submarine WarfareATA Air-Air (missile/gun attack)ATOL Automatic Takeoff/LandingATG Air-Ground (missile/gun attack)BAMS Broad-Area Maritime SurveillanceanceBCTM-2 Brigade Combat Team Modernization
(BCTM) Increment 2BDA Battle Damage AssessmentB-L Bungee-LaunchedBLOS Beyond Line-of-SightBP Border PatrolBWB Blended Wing BodyCan CanisterCAS Civil Air Surveillance
CAV Compact Air VehicleChem Chemical DetectionCICADA Close-In Covert Autonomous
Disposable AircraftCIRPAS Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely
Piloted Aircraft StudiesC-L Catapult-LaunchedCOIN Counter-InsurgencyCOMM CommunicationsEFI Electronic Fuel InjectionELINT Electronic IntelligenceEnv Environmental MonitoringE/O Electro/OpticalEOD Explosive Ordnance DisposalEW Electronic WarfareFCS Future Combat SystemFW Fixed WingGAS Gasoline EngineG-L Ground LaunchedgMAV Gasoline Micro Air Vehicle
H&S Hover and StareHALE High Altitude/Long EnduranceHF Heavry FuelH-L Hand-LaunchedHS Homeland SecurityImiNT Images IntelligenceInfra Infrastructure MonitoringIR InfraredISR Intelligence/Survellance/
ReconnaissanceISTAR Intelligence/Surveillancelance/Target
Acquisition/Reconnaissance ISTAR-A Intelligence/Surveillancelance/Target
Acquisition/Reconnaissance-AttackJCTD Joint Capability Technology
Demonstration LALE Low Altitude/Long EnduranceLAS Lightweight Aerostat System LCS Littoral Combat ShipLH2 Liquid Hydrogen
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Type Endurance (hr) Range (mi.) Ceiling (ft) Mission
VTOL tail-sitter SUAV 10 10 datalink - 400 fuel 15,000 Surveillance - Map - R&D
Parafoil/prop/rotor 15 500 18,000 ISR - SAR - BP - PS - HS - Map - Ag - Comm Helo SUAS 93 Small unit resupply
VTOL SUAS - single- or 0.25-5 75-125 ft elec. - VTOL for niche customersmulti-ducted variants 45-130 mi. gas
FW testbed 48 H2 PoC for LE ISR VTOL/FW tech 30 min. ISR - EW
demonstrator HALE 40 12,300 65,600 ISR - SIGINT FW V-tail HALE 32+ 12,300 60,000 ISR - SIGINT
Tailless ‘cranked kite’ Unlimited w/aerial 2,100 40,000 Carrier demonstration
UCAV refueling BWB MM/MR TUAV 12 989 18,000 IRSTA - Comm - ELINT - SIGINT
BAMS HALE 28 8,200 56,500 Maritime ISR 15 6,096 Multimission VTUAV helo 8 20,000 ISR - Comm VTUAV helo 14 17,000 ISR
OPV MALE MM/MR 24-40 30,000 SIGINT - Comm - SAR OPV MALE MM/MR 20+ 24,000 ISR - BDA - Comm
SUAS 20 min 2.5 1,640 MM/MR SUAS 30 min 2.5 1,640 MM/MR STUAS 65 min 6 4,900 MM/MR STUAS 3 12 4,900 MM/MR MM/MR 1.5-6 12 8,200 MM/MR MM/MR 2 12 4,900 MM/MR MM/MR 5 31 8,200 MM/MR TUAV 5 31 14,800 MM/MR
STUAS 30 min >3 500 BLOS squad-level loitering munition TUAV, BLOS, BWB, E/O, 18 65-210 22,000 ISR, BP, CAS, COMM, ELINT, EW, HS,
MALE, MM/MR ISTAR-A, MM/MR, SAR, SIGINT TUAV, E/O, MM/MR, OTH, 9 90 15,000 COMM, ELINT, IR, ISTAR, MM/MR, Recon, RTA
FW MUAV 1.5 8,000 R/S - Recon. - Chem/bio FW MUAV 1.5 10,000 Envir. - Recon. - Chem/bio FW SUAV 245 10,000 R/S
SUAS LALE 26.5 60 16,000 R/S - SAR - BP - CAS STUAS 5.5 60 11,000 R/S, RSTA, SAR
VTOL SUAS 1 15 6,000 R/S, RDT&E, crop dusting SUAS 1 7 10,000 R/S, RDT&E, G-L
LTA MALE Multi-day AP - ISR - Comm. VTOL helo AP - PS - HS
FW prop Up to 6 60 650 -9,842 Research
LOS Line of SightLR Long RangeLRIP Low-Rate Initial Production LTA Lighter Than AirMAGIC Medium Altitude Global ISR and
CommunicationsMALE Medium Altitude/Long EnduranceMALE-EP Medium Altitude/Long Endurance/
Extreme PersistenceMap Aerial MappingMAV Micro Air VehicleMDA Maritime Domain AwarenessMM/MR Multimission/MultiroleMOGAS Motor GasolineMR Medium RangeM/UAV Optionally Manned or Unmanned
Aerial VehicleNOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric
AdministrationOPV Optionally Piloted Vehicle
OTH Over The HorizonP&S Perch and StarePID Positive IdentificationP-P Pusher PropRad Radiation DetectionRATO Rocket Assisted TakeoffRCU Remote Control UnitRDT&E Research, Development, Test
& EvaluationRecon ReconnaissanceRF Radio FrequencyR-L Rail-LaunchedR/S Reconnaissance/SurveillanceRSTA Reconnaissance/Surveillance/
Target AcquisitionRTA Reconnaissance/Target AcquisitionRTA-A Reconnaissance/Target
Acquisition-AttackS StealthSA Situational Awareness
S&R-SAR Search & RescueSIGINT Signals IntelligenceS-Aut Semi-AutonomousSea Sea-Launch (surface or submarine)S-L Ship LaunchSOF Special Operations ForcesSOFC Solid Oxide Fuel CellSR Short RangeSTAR Surveillancelance/Target Acquisition/
ReconnaissanceSTUAS Small Tactical Unmanned Air SystemSUAS Small Unmanned Aerial SystemSub-Tac Sub-Tactical UAVTA T arget AcquisitionTAS True Air SpeedT-L Transporter LauncherTUAV Tactical UAVVLO Very Low ObservableV-LOS Visual Line of Site
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