Falco Xplorer
Italian medium-altitude surveillance aircraft with documented flight testing and a published multisensor baseline.
- Country / region
- Italy
- Programme status
- Development / trials
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Leonardo
- Origin / production countries
- Italy
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Not identified in reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
First flight-test campaign documented in 2022. Completion of later certification or operational acceptance is not established here.
Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Runway-operated fixed wing
2019 manufacturer baseline.
Source - Launch / recovery
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Propulsion
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Dimensions
- 9 m length; 18.5 m span; 3.8 m height
2019 sheet.
Source - Mass
- 1,300 kg maximum take-off
Published design baseline.
Source - Endurance
- More than 24 hours
Supplier figure under stated ISA performance conditions.
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
- Above 30,000 ft advertised ceiling
Technical-table claim; not an achieved test altitude.
Source - Payload
- Approximately 350 kg class
2022 release; not assumed at maximum endurance.
Source - Sensors
- EO/IR, maritime radar, AIS and electronic-intelligence options
Baseline integration described for certification trials.
Source - Communications / navigation
- Line-of-sight and satellite links
Equipment and service dependent.
Source