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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.

31 entries

Land · Ground multirole vehicleUkraine

Zmiy Droid 12.7

Ukrainian wheeled reconnaissance and armed-support integration, officially authorised in January 2026; delivery scale remains unconfirmed.

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Land · Land systemsCroatia

DOK-ING MV-4

Croatian remotely controlled engineering and demining robot with documented humanitarian use and configuration-specific tools.

In service / use documentedRead
Land · Land systemsIndia

Daksh remotely operated vehicle

Indian remotely operated hazardous-object inspection and handling robot, described in current DRDO technical literature.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Land · Land systemsUkraine

Droid TW

Ukrainian tracked reconnaissance and fire-support robot with official deployment evidence and several payload configurations.

In service / use documentedRead
Land · Land systemsUnited States

MUTT / S-MET

US Army load-carrying ground robot based on GDLS MUTT, with a separate newer MUTT XM offering.

In service / use documentedRead
Land · Land systemsIsrael

DOGO

Compact Israeli remote-controlled inspection and specialist-response robot, with armed and non-lethal configurations described separately.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Land · Land systemsTürkiye

BARKAN ground vehicle family

Turkish modular ground-robot family with supplier-documented military use, series production and a newer BARKAN 3 configuration.

In service / use documentedRead
Land · Land systemsSouth Korea

HR-Sherpa

South Korean electric ground-robot family with military trial deliveries and multiple generations of subsequent development.

Development / trialsRead
Land · Land systemsIsrael

REX ground vehicle family

Israeli hybrid-electric infantry-support robot family; current MK III marketing contains unresolved payload and range inconsistencies.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Land · Land systemsRussia

Marker ground robotics programme

Russian wheeled and tracked robotics research platform; supplier demonstrations do not establish a widely deployed military fleet.

Development / trialsRead
Land · Land systemsRussia

MGR-4 Shmel

Russian remotely operated demining machine derived from a commercial compact loader, with use reported by the manufacturer group.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Land · Land systemsEstonia

THeMIS

Estonian tracked hybrid ground-robot family spanning logistics, evacuation, observation and mission-specific equipment integrations.

In service / use documentedRead