Milkor 380
South African medium-altitude aircraft programme offering long-duration surveillance and multiple military payload configurations.
- Country / region
- South Africa
- Programme status
- Supplier-reported status
- Sources reviewed
- 20 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Multirole aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Milkor
- Origin / production countries
- South Africa
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- See the named configuration and evidence notes
- Operators / programme customers
- Not confirmed in the reviewed public sources
Evidence & current status
The 2025 catalogue differs from an older manufacturer web baseline. Values here use the catalogue; exact customer configurations and current operator fleets remain unconfirmed.
Role & capabilities
- Multirole aircraft
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Fixed-wing MALE aircraft
Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.
Source ↗ - Launch / recovery
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Propulsion
- Fuel engine; catalogue lists aviation or motor gasoline
Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- Length 9 m; wingspan 18.6 m
Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.
Source ↗ - Mass
- Maximum take-off weight 1,500 kg
Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- Maximum 30 hours
Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.
Source ↗ - Range
- 4,000+ km maximum; 250 km line-of-sight communications radius
Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.
Source ↗ - Speed
- 250 km/h maximum; 110–150 km/h operational
Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.
Source ↗ - Altitude
- Maximum operational altitude 30,000 ft
Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.
Source ↗ - Payload
- Maximum 220 kg
Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.
Source ↗ - Sensors
- EO/IR and radar options
Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.
Source ↗ - Communications / navigation
- Line-of-sight link; SATCOM capable
Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.
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