Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- EMT / Rheinmetall programme lineage
- Origin / production countries
- Germany
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- German Army; German Federal Police GSG 9
Evidence & current status
Operator page supports documented use and legacy specifications; it does not establish a September 2026 fleet count.
ALADIN is a small electric reconnaissance aircraft associated with the German Army's close-range observation capability. The Bundeswehr equipment page describes day/night imaging, live pictures and ground-station control. It records military use and also identifies German Federal Police GSG 9 as a user.
The published operator table supplies a specific legacy baseline. It is kept separate from LUNA, LUNA NG and KZO, which have different airframes and support requirements. ALADIN's short-range data and endurance do not describe the broader manufacturer portfolio.
The source is useful evidence of a fielded system, but its historical examples are not a current deployed-unit register. Exact numbers remaining in service and subsequent upgrades are not established here. The profile preserves the original source date and records the current review separately, so a recent editorial check is not mistaken for a new procurement or service milestone.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Launch / recovery | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Propulsion | Electric motor | Operator baseline. Source |
| Dimensions | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Mass | 3.55 kg take-off weight | Bundeswehr equipment table. Source |
| Endurance | About 60 minutes | Operator battery baseline. Source |
| Range | 5 km | Close-range operator system figure. Source |
| Speed | 60 km/h | Operator-listed speed; flight condition not further specified. Source |
| Altitude | 150 m | Operator-listed flight height, not a service ceiling. Source |
| Payload | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Sensors | Day/night optical reconnaissance | Payload configuration varies. Source |
| Communications / navigation | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
Publication history
- — Published reference update.
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- Bundeswehr ALADIN equipment profile (opens in a new tab)Government / operator