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THE SYSTEM FILES

Find the system. Understand its role.

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 · Drone / systemIsrael

Heron TP

A large turboprop intelligence aircraft, distinct from the smaller Heron family. The German Heron TP configuration has its own certification, mission equipment and service arrangements.

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Air · Drone / systemRussia

Italmas / Izdeliye-54

A Russian expendable aircraft programme listed separately from Lancet in GUR’s public catalogue.

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Air · Drone / systemUkraine

Kazhan

Kazhan is one of the heavy reusable multirotor families named by an official Ukrainian military operator account.

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Air · Drone / systemUkraine

Khyzhak REBOFF

A Ukrainian family of fibre-optic-controlled FPV aircraft. The Ministry of Defence described codified models and deliveries to military units in May 2025.

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Air · Drone / systemRussia

KUB family

A Russian loitering-munition family marketed in export form as KUB-E. Later KUB-numbered products require their own configuration-specific evidence.

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Air · Drone / systemUkraine

Leleka / Leleka-100

A Ukrainian tactical reconnaissance family. DeViRo’s current Leleka page lists substantially improved endurance and route length compared with historical Leleka-100 literature.

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Air · Drone / systemUkraine

Liutyi

A Ukrainian long-range one-way aircraft identified in public research on the country’s drone industry and autonomous systems.

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Air · Drone / systemUkraine

MINI SHARK

A portable electric reconnaissance aircraft with hand launch and automatic belly landing. The current detailed product table differs materially from older overview figures.

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Air · Drone / systemRussia

Molniya family

A family of relatively simple fixed-wing drones identified in recovered-system reporting. The original strike aircraft and Molniya-2R reconnaissance configuration are distinct.

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Air · Drone / systemUnited States

MQ-1C Gray Eagle

A US Army remotely piloted aircraft family for reconnaissance, communications relay and armed missions. The original Gray Eagle, ER and 25M configurations have different specifications.

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