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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 · Drone / systemUnited States

RQ-4 Global Hawk

A high-altitude, long-endurance reconnaissance aircraft family. Its different sensor blocks and the separate MQ-4C Triton maritime programme should not be collapsed into one specification.

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Air · Drone / systemRussia

S-70 Okhotnik

A heavy uncrewed combat-aircraft development programme. Recovery of a crashed aircraft in October 2024 demonstrates a real airframe but does not establish a fully operational fleet.

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Air · Drone / systemUkraine

SHARK-D

SHARK-D is an electric tactical reconnaissance aircraft. Its current manufacturer specification is recorded separately from the other SHARK configurations.

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Air · Drone / systemUkraine

SHARK-M

SHARK-M is an electric tactical reconnaissance aircraft. Its current manufacturer specification is recorded separately from the other SHARK configurations.

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Air · Drone / systemUkraine

Shvidun

An interceptor authorised for Ukrainian military use, described in a March 2026 Ministry of Defence profile.

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Air · Drone / systemRussia

SKAT 350 M

A Russian reconnaissance drone marketed by Kalashnikov and presented to the Russian Ministry of Defence.

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Air · Drone / systemUkraine

STING

A Ukrainian interceptor family from Wild Hornets, listed by the government-backed Brave1 Market with day/night and digital configurations.

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Air · Drone / systemRussia

Supercam S350

A fixed-wing surveillance family with civilian and military applications. Current Russian and English manufacturer tables disagree on maximum take-off mass.

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Air · Drone / systemUkraine

UJ-22 Airborne

A Ukrainian multipurpose unmanned aircraft publicly presented by Ukrjet in 2021. It is distinct from the company’s jet-powered and later numbered systems.

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Air · Drone / systemUkraine

Vampire

A reusable Ukrainian heavy hexacopter, codified and procured by the Ministry of Defence.

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Air · Drone / systemChina

WZ-7

A Chinese high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft publicly described by the Ministry of National Defense and independently recorded by Japan’s Ministry of Defense.

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Air · Drone / systemRussia

ZALA Z-16 / 421-16E

An electric Russian reconnaissance aircraft identified in GUR’s catalogue as Z-16 (421-16E). The ZALA family also contains several differently configured aircraft.

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