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

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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 / systemFrance

Airbus U070 / VSR700

Ship-capable uncrewed helicopter ordered for the French Navy, now marketed as Airbus U070.

Order / production commitmentRead
Air · Drone / systemPoland

WARMATE family

Polish family of portable loitering munitions, with baseline aircraft and larger numbered variants requiring separate specifications.

In service / use documentedRead
Air · Drone / systemUnited Kingdom

Watchkeeper WK450

British Army reconnaissance UAV with established operational use and a planned March 2027 retirement date.

In service / use documentedRead
Air · Drone / systemUnited Kingdom

Windracers ULTRA

British dual-use cargo drone with documented supply to Ukraine and evolving payload and range specifications.

In service / use documentedRead
Air · Drone / systemChina

WZ-10 / Wing Loong-10 family

A Chinese high-altitude reconnaissance UAV family with both official public display and flight activity documented by Japan's defence ministry.

In service / use documentedRead
Air · Drone / systemRussia

Reported / unverified

Altius / Altair

Altius / Altair is a Russian unmanned-aircraft programme associated with UZGA in the public intelligence record.

Reported projectRead
Air · Drone / systemTürkiye

ANKA III

A flying-wing uncrewed combat-aircraft programme whose first flight took place on 28 December 2023. Public evidence supports continuing flight and mission-system trials.

Development / trialsRead
Air · Drone / systemUkraine

Concept / announced

Antonov heavy UAV proposal

A historical proposal for a Ukrainian heavy strategic reconnaissance and multirole UAV, discussed publicly by Antonov in February 2021.

Concept — not fieldedRead
Air · Drone / systemUkraine

AQ 400 Scythe

A Ukrainian long-range one-way aircraft marketed by Terminal Autonomy as the AQ 400 Scythe.

Supplier accountRead
Air · Drone / systemPortugal / United Kingdom

TEKEVER AR3 EVO

A modular evolution of TEKEVER’s AR3 reconnaissance aircraft, with distinct fixed-wing and VTOL performance figures and a Portuguese maritime-surveillance contract announced in July 2026.

Order / production commitmentRead
Air · Drone / systemTürkiye

Bayraktar AKINCI

A twin-turboprop multirole aircraft positioned above the TB2 in size and payload capacity. Different AKINCI versions use different engine ratings.

Supplier accountRead
Air · Drone / systemTürkiye

Bayraktar KIZILELMA

A jet-powered uncrewed combat-aircraft programme. July 2026 reporting documents testing of an S2 production-model aircraft, while development and integration work continue.

Development / trialsRead