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THE SYSTEM FILES

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Browse air, land, sea surface and underwater systems by mission, country, manufacturer and programme status.

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Domains describe where the vehicle operates. Remote control and autonomous operation are identified separately in each profile. Adjacent support systems →

Aircraft, ground vehicles, surface vessels, underwater vehicles, named variants and adjacent support systems. Specifications are attributed to their sources; undisclosed values stay explicit. Origin is separate from operator country. This is a growing public-source catalogue, including development projects, rather than a census of every field-built configuration.

291 entries

Air · Drone / systemUnited States

Puma 3 AE

A portable reconnaissance aircraft for day/night observation, with configuration-dependent communications range and an optional VTOL conversion.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Drone / systemUnited States

Raven B / RQ-11B

A hand-launched, battery-powered tactical reconnaissance family for small military units.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Drone / systemUnited Arab Emirates

REACH-S

Emirati medium-altitude fixed-wing aircraft ordered by the UAE for surveillance and other military missions.

Order / production commitmentRead
Air · Drone / systemIsrael

ROTEM

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

Order / production commitmentRead
Air · Drone / systemSouth Korea

RQ-101 Songolmae

South Korea's established corps-level reconnaissance UAV, which KAI says entered Republic of Korea Army use in 2001.

In service / use documentedRead
Air · Drone / systemUnited States

RQ-170 Sentinel

A low-observable reconnaissance aircraft publicly acknowledged by the US Air Force, with very limited official technical disclosure.

In service / use documentedRead
Air · Drone / systemUnited States

RQ-21A Blackjack

A runway-independent tactical reconnaissance system with a US naval programme specification distinct from today’s commercial Integrator configuration.

In service / use documentedRead
Air · Drone / systemSaudi Arabia

Reported / unverified

Saqr-1

Saudi long-endurance UAV development programme publicly described by KACST in 2017; current production and service status remain unresolved.

Reported / unverifiedRead
Air · Drone / systemUnited States

ScanEagle

A compact fixed-wing reconnaissance family with land and maritime applications, conventional recovery equipment and an optional FLARES VTOL support system.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Drone / systemSouth Africa

Seeker 400

Reusable tactical surveillance aircraft from Denel’s Seeker family, with optical and electronic intelligence payload options.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Drone / systemPakistan

Shahpar-II Block-II

A Pakistani MALE reconnaissance and armed aircraft, with distinct published performance figures for surveillance and armed configurations.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Drone / systemPakistan

Shahpar-III

GIDS's larger MALE aircraft offering, with multiple surveillance payload types and separately specified ISR and armed configurations.

Supplier-reported statusRead