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Compare the evidence.

Choose up to three systems. Specifications retain their source and configuration; missing information is left undisclosed.

CIAC COELUM

Small Colombian surveillance aircraft with documented military sales and a separate VTOL development.

Country / region
Colombia
Programme status
Order / production commitment
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
Order / production commitmentOrder / production commitment
Primary domain
Air
System type
Reconnaissance aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
CIAC
Origin / production countries
Colombia
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
Standard hand-launched version; COELUM VTOL prototype
Operators / programme customers
Colombian Aerospace Force — purchased systems

Evidence & current status

Three system sales documented in company reporting; VTOL prototype testing does not establish VTOL service.

Role & capabilities

  • Tactical reconnaissance
  • Infrastructure observation
  • Environmental survey

Specifications in context

Airframe
Fixed-wing standard version; VTOL derivative separately under development

Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Launch / recovery
Hand launch for standard version

Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Dimensions
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Mass
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Endurance
More than 60 minutes

Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Range
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Speed
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Altitude
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Payload
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Sensors
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source