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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 aircraftSouth Africa

Seeker 200

Denel's Seeker II-derived surveillance aircraft, with a published historical configuration separate from Seeker 400.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Loitering munitionUnited Arab Emirates

SHADOW 25

Jet-powered SHADOW configuration included in a documented UAE Armed Forces procurement announcement.

Order / production commitmentRead
Air · Loitering munitionUnited Arab Emirates

SHADOW 50

Longer-endurance SHADOW configuration whose versioned catalogue describes piston propulsion, separate from the jet-powered SHADOW 25.

Order / production commitmentRead
Air · Multirole aircraftIran

Shahed-129

Iranian medium-altitude, long-endurance reconnaissance and combat aircraft documented by US Army and NATO military references.

In service / use documentedRead
Air · One-way aircraftIran

Shahed-131 / Geran-1

Iranian-origin one-way aircraft identified by the US Defense Intelligence Agency and Ukraine under the Russian designation Geran-1.

In service / use documentedRead
Air · One-way aircraftIran

Shahed-238

Iranian jet-powered Shahed aircraft identified by Ukraine’s military intelligence as the predecessor/analogue of Russia’s Geran-3.

See profileRead
Sea surface · Uncrewed surface vesselSingapore

Singapore MCM USV programme

A purpose-built mine-countermeasure surface-vessel programme whose hull construction began in 2025.

Order / production commitmentRead
Air · Multirole aircraftPoland / United Arab Emirates

Concept / announced

SINYAR LAR1

Polish–Emirati programme to develop an uncrewed aircraft from the Flaris jet lineage.

Concept / announcedRead
Air · Reconnaissance aircraftPoland / United Arab Emirates

Concept / announced

SINYAR LAR3P

Later SINYAR reconnaissance configuration publicly presented by Flaris at IDEX 2025.

Concept / announcedRead
Air · Reconnaissance aircraftIsrael

Skylark 3 (original electric)

Original Skylark 3 tactical reconnaissance aircraft, kept separate from the later Hybrid model.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Reconnaissance aircraftIsrael

Skylark I-LEX

Portable electric reconnaissance aircraft representing a later evolution of the Skylark I family.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Loitering munitionIsrael

SkyStriker

Electric loitering-munition family with configurable duration and a documented September 2026 German demonstration.

Supplier-reported statusRead