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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
In service / use documentedIn service / use documented
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.

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Launch / recovery
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Dimensions
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Mass
160 kg

Historical parliamentary inventory.

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Endurance
3–5 hours

Historic configuration range.

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Range
65 km

Historic system operating-range figure.

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Speed
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Altitude
4,000 m

Historic inventory, not a current flight test.

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Payload
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Sensors
Infrared reconnaissance payload

Historic configuration.

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Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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