Seeker 400
Reusable tactical surveillance aircraft from Denel’s Seeker family, with optical and electronic intelligence payload options.
- Country / region
- South Africa
- Programme status
- Supplier-reported status
- Sources reviewed
- 20 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Denel Dynamics
- Origin / production countries
- South Africa
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Seeker 400; Seeker 200: separate earlier model
- Operators / programme customers
- Not confirmed in the reviewed public sources
Evidence & current status
The programme is documented by dated Denel sources. This does not establish current production volumes or complete operator inventories.
Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance aircraft
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Reusable fixed-wing tactical 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
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Mass
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- Up to 16 hours with internal fuel
Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.
Source ↗ - Range
- Up to 250 km direct line-of-sight operation
Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.
Source ↗ - Speed
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Altitude
- Up to 18,000 ft
Denel’s February 2014 test-era description.
Source ↗ - Payload
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Sensors
- Day/night imaging and electronic intelligence payload options
Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.
Source ↗ - Communications / navigation
- Dual uplink/downlink communications
Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.
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