Role & capabilities
- Long-range reconnaissance
- Multiple mission configurations
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Multirole aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Ukrainian manufacturer — not publicly identified in reviewed source
- Origin / production countries
- Ukraine
- Other names
- Довбуш Т40; Dovbush T-40
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Not identified in reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Government approval and test claims are documented; exact manufacturer, delivery and independent performance evidence remain unresolved.
Dovbush T40 is a Ukrainian fixed-wing aircraft presented by the Ministry of Defence as an evolution of the earlier Dovbush T20. The August 2026 announcement records codification after tests and describes reconnaissance and strike functions. It identifies an experienced domestic producer without giving its corporate name. The source also mentions the maker's earlier Kotyhoroshko system, which is a related programme rather than a T40 variant.
The available performance figures are official claims, with no accompanying public test report or configuration sheet. They establish the advertised scale of the aircraft but do not explain payload, weather, reserve fuel or flight-profile assumptions. Range and endurance therefore remain separate published maxima rather than values that can necessarily be achieved together.
Earlier T20 and Kotyhoroshko use cannot establish T40 delivery dates or fleet strength. Nor should T40 figures be assigned backwards to the smaller predecessor. This record focuses on the named 2026 aircraft, preserves the approval milestone and leaves acceptance quantities, specific sensors, launch arrangements and manufacturer identification open for subsequent evidence.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Fixed-wing aircraft | Named T40 configuration described by the ministry. Source |
| Launch / recovery | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Propulsion | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Dimensions | Wingspan nearly 5 m | Approximate MoD figure; other dimensions undisclosed. Source |
| Mass | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Endurance | More than 24 hours | Official claimed performance; mission configuration and test conditions undisclosed. Source |
| Range | More than 2,000 km | Official claim; not a verified combat radius or a simultaneous maximum-endurance condition. Source |
| Speed | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Altitude | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Payload | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Sensors | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Communications / navigation | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
Documented milestones
Codification announced
MoD says the T40 completed tests supporting its stated characteristics.
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Publication history
- — Published reference update.
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