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

Gerbera

A Russian expendable drone family used in decoy, reconnaissance and other configurations. It should not be assumed that every Gerbera carries the same equipment.

Country / region
Russia
Programme status
Use documented
Sources reviewed
20 Sept 2026
In service / use documentedUse documented
Primary domain
Air
System type
One-way aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Alabuga-associated production network — GUR attribution
Origin / production countries
Russia
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
Decoy configurations; Reconnaissance / other payload configurations
Operators / programme customers
Russia

Evidence & current status

Identification and specification are attributed to Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence. Captured-airframe evidence is stronger than a promotional claim, but one specimen does not establish every production variant or an independently verified fleet size.

Role & capabilities

  • One-way aircraft
  • Configuration-dependent; some airframes carry observation equipment

Specifications in context

Airframe
Light fixed-wing expendable aircraft

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Launch / recovery
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Propulsion
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Dimensions
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Mass
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Endurance
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Range
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Speed
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Altitude
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Payload
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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Sensors
Configuration-dependent; some airframes carry observation equipment

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Communications / navigation
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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