Spy'Ranger 330 / SMDR
French Army reconnaissance aircraft with documented deliveries, deployed use and a versioned military type certificate.
- Country / region
- France
- Programme status
- In service / use documented
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Thales
- Origin / production countries
- France
- Other names
- SMDR
- Variants / configurations
- SMDR VMO+; SMDR V1Bis
- Operators / programme customers
- French Army
Evidence & current status
DGA documents deliveries and operational deployment; the cited 2022 fleet figures are historical, not a current inventory.
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
- Ramp launch; recovery not established here
Only the sourced launch method is recorded.
Source - Propulsion
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Dimensions
- Approximately 4 m wingspan
DGA SMDR baseline, November 2022.
Source - Mass
- 15 kg
Operator-described SMDR aircraft.
Source - Endurance
- Approximately 2 h 30 min
Configuration stated in the 2022 delivery release.
Source - Range
- 30 km video datalink reach
Communications reach from ground station, not ferry range.
Source - Speed
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Altitude
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Payload
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Sensors
- Day/night electro-optical imaging
Operator-described payload.
Source - Communications / navigation
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source