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

ROTEM

Small recoverable VTOL loitering munition with day and night sensors and publicly announced NATO customer contracts.

Country / region
Israel
Programme status
Order / production commitment
Sources reviewed
20 Sept 2026
Order / production commitmentOrder / production commitment
Primary domain
Air
System type
Loitering munition
Developer / manufacturer
Israel Aerospace Industries
Origin / production countries
Israel
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
See the named configuration and evidence notes
Operators / programme customers
Three unnamed NATO customers under 2023 contracts; delivery status not individually established

Evidence & current status

Public sources establish the programme and advertised configuration. Specifications are attributed claims, not independently certified performance.

Role & capabilities

  • Loitering munition

Specifications in context

Airframe
Multirotor loitering munition

Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance.

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Launch / recovery
VTOL; recovery possible if not expended

Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance.

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Propulsion
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Dimensions
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Mass
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Endurance
30 minutes of flight

Longer waiting-duration wording in release is not counted as continuous powered flight.

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Range
Up to 10 km

Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance.

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Speed
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Altitude
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Payload
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Sensors
Day and night electro-optical sensors

Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance.

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Communications / navigation
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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