KZO
Legacy German reconnaissance aircraft with parliamentary specifications and an operator-documented replacement programme.
- Country / region
- Germany
- Programme status
- In service / use documented
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Rheinmetall
- Origin / production countries
- Germany
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- German Army — historical use documented
Evidence & current status
Legacy operational use is documented. The April 2025 replacement schedule is not proof of completed retirement.
Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
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
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Mass
- 160 kg
Historical parliamentary inventory.
Source - Endurance
- 3–5 hours
Historic configuration range.
Source - Range
- 65 km
Historic system operating-range figure.
Source - Speed
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Altitude
- 4,000 m
Historic inventory, not a current flight test.
Source - Payload
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Sensors
- Infrared reconnaissance payload
Historic configuration.
Source - Communications / navigation
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source