Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Catapult or VTOL launch; parachute or VTOL recovery
- EO/IR and radar options
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- TEKEVER
- Origin / production countries
- Portugal / United Kingdom
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Fixed-wing configuration; VTOL configuration
- Operators / programme customers
- Portugal National Maritime Authority — contract announced
Evidence & current status
The cited order or production decision is distinct from delivery, operational acceptance and the eventual fleet size.
Role & programme
A modular evolution of TEKEVER’s AR3 reconnaissance aircraft, with distinct fixed-wing and VTOL performance figures and a Portuguese maritime-surveillance contract announced in July 2026.
The EVO product table distinguishes up to 22 hours in fixed-wing configuration from 14 hours with VTOL. Those figures do not describe the earlier AR3 baseline. The 2026 Portuguese contract establishes selection, not completed delivery. TEKEVER’s wider accounts of AR3 use in Ukraine should not be read as proof that every earlier deployment used EVO equipment.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Modular fixed-wing / VTOL reconnaissance aircraft | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Launch / recovery | Catapult or VTOL launch; parachute or VTOL recovery | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Propulsion | Modular electric, combustion and heavy-fuel options | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | 4.2 m span; 1.96 m length | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Mass | 25 kg MTOW; up to 30 kg VTOL | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Up to 22 h fixed-wing; 14 h VTOL | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Range | Up to 230 km communications range | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Speed | 46 kt cruise | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Altitude | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Payload | 6 kg | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | EO/IR and radar options | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Communications / navigation | Modular LOS, LTE and satellite link options | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Expanded catalogue profile with sourced specifications, variant distinctions, programme evidence and explicit public data gaps.
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