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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.

408 entries

Air · Reconnaissance aircraftIsrael

Orbiter 5

Larger runway-independent Orbiter surveillance platform with a seventy-five-kilogram published baseline.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Sea surface · Uncrewed surface vesselUnited States

Ghost Fleet Overlord Ranger / Mariner

Large fast-supply-vessel-based USV demonstrators with documented US Navy deployment, distinct from Sea Hunter and Seahawk.

In service / use documentedRead
Sea surface · Uncrewed surface vesselUnited States

Vanguard Overlord USV

A purpose-built US Navy autonomy demonstrator in the Overlord programme.

Development / trialsRead
Air · Multirole aircraftUnited States

PDW C100

An American modular tactical quadcopter with documented Army use and configurable observation and communications payloads.

In service / use documentedRead
Air · Reconnaissance aircraftCzech Republic

Primoco One 150

Czech surveillance aircraft with current production reporting, military certification and a published payload-range baseline.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Reconnaissance aircraftSaudi Arabia

SkyGuard

Saudi tactical surveillance aircraft developed by PSDSARC, with a documented SAMI development and manufacturing contract; current fleet acceptance remains unconfirmed.

Order / production commitmentRead
Air · Multirole aircraftIndonesia

PTDI Black Eagle

Indonesia's MALE development, documented with programme specifications but without verified current military acceptance.

Development / trialsRead
Air · Reconnaissance aircraftIndonesia

PTDI Wulung

An Indonesian reconnaissance aircraft with manufacturer-reported military airworthiness certification.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Loitering munitionUnited Arab Emirates

Concept / announced

QX-1 / QX-2 / QX-3 / QX-4

Original QX loitering-munition family, recorded with distinct rotary-wing and fixed-wing branches.

Concept / announcedRead
Sea surface · Uncrewed surface vesselIsrael

Protector USV family

A remotely supervised surface-vessel family with documented Singapore Navy maritime-security use.

In service / use documentedRead
Land · Ground logistics vehicleUkraine

Ratel M

Ukrainian remote logistics and casualty-evacuation ground platform, offered as a separate model from Ratel H.

Supplier-reported statusRead