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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.

408 entries

Air · Drone / systemSouth Africa

N-Raven

South African loitering munition family with electric and fuel-powered versions and a manufacturer-announced production transition.

Order / production commitmentRead
Air · Drone / systemIndia

NAGASTRA-1

An Indian loitering-munition programme for which Solar Group reports Indian Army delivery; a public technical baseline remains incomplete.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Drone / systemBrazil

Nauru 1000C ISTAR

Brazilian hybrid VTOL reconnaissance aircraft adopted by the Brazilian Army, with a separately described armed-development pathway.

In service / use documentedRead
Air · Drone / systemIndia

NETRA V4 PRO

A portable surveillance quadcopter offered for defence, public safety and emergency response, distinct from earlier NETRA models.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Drone / systemFrance / Italy / Sweden / Spain / Greece / Switzerland

nEUROn demonstrator

European uncrewed combat-aircraft technology demonstrator, explicitly intended for research rather than operational missions.

Development / trialsRead
Air · Drone / systemFrance / Germany

Patroller

French tactical reconnaissance UAV with German Stemme airframe heritage; France's procurement programme was abandoned after delays.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Drone / systemSerbia

Pegaz / Pegasus

Serbian medium-range reconnaissance and multirole UAV documented in the Ministry of Defence's equipment presentation.

In service / use documentedRead
Air · Drone / systemLatvia / United States

Penguin Mk2.5 VTOL

VTOL member of the Penguin reconnaissance family, with a 12-hour-class published endurance and Baltic military customers.

In service / use documentedRead
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