Role & capabilities
- Portable reconnaissance
- Hand-launched operation
- Military user evaluation
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Defence Technology Institute
- Origin / production countries
- Thailand
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Royal Thai Marine Corps (prototype evaluation recipient)
Evidence & current status
Prototype evaluation and tooling are not proof of present operational-fleet acceptance.
D-Eyes 02 is the hand-launched mini-UAS in Thailand's Defence Technology Institute portfolio. DTI's 2019 account distinguishes it from the multirotor D-Eyes 01 and D-Eyes 03, also called Bua Khao. Shared branding is not a common airframe specification.
An official report records a prototype handover to the Thai Marine Corps on 9 December 2020, alongside training and collection of feedback. This establishes a military evaluation relationship, but not procurement of a complete operational fleet or a permanent production standard.
Later DTI reporting documents industrial-tooling support for D-Eyes 02. That establishes activity beyond its exhibition appearance without supplying an accepted-aircraft count. Numerical performance remains unknown until a model-specific sheet and acceptance record can be paired. The prototype's documented use should remain visible while later production and service claims are tested separately.
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 | Hand launch | D-Eyes 02 only. Source |
| Propulsion | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Dimensions | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Mass | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Endurance | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Range | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. 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
Prototype handover
DTI supplied a D-Eyes 02 prototype system to the Marine Corps for evaluation.
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Publication history
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- DTI prototype handover (opens in a new tab)Government / developer
- DTI distinguishes three D-Eyes configurations, June 2019 (opens in a new tab)Government / developer
- DTI annual report: industrial tooling (opens in a new tab)Government / developer