Role & capabilities
- Loitering munition
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Loitering munition
- Developer / manufacturer
- WB GROUP
- Origin / production countries
- Poland
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- BSP-U / WARMATE 5–10
- Operators / programme customers
- Poland — system customer
Evidence & current status
Published performance is supplier-reported and configuration dependent; operational use does not independently validate every specification.
GLADIUS is the name of an integrated Polish system, not a single drone. WB's late-2025 brochure separates its reusable FT-5 reconnaissance aircraft from BSP-U/WARMATE 5–10 loitering munitions. This profile covers the latter airborne component. Keeping the two components separate prevents FT-5 dimensions, flight duration or engine data being assigned to a different aircraft.
The public brochure describes a family with electric or hybrid propulsion and a radio line-of-sight range exceeding 100 km. It does not provide a complete variant-by-variant airframe specification. Payload capacity and endurance therefore cannot safely be inferred from the smaller baseline WARMATE or from another GLADIUS component. Manufacturer statements about electronic-warfare resistance are claims, not independently verified immunity.
In June 2026 WB announced a Polish procurement covering twelve battery-level GLADIUS units. This confirms another system order but is not an aircraft delivery count. The profile groups the documented effectors until reliable individual specifications justify further separation. Newly reported GLADIUS 2 or WARMATE 30 designs should be researched independently rather than silently substituted for these existing products.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | BSP-U/WARMATE 5–10 loitering-munition component | Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous. Source ↗ |
| Launch / recovery | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Propulsion | Electric or hybrid motor, depending on configuration | Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Mass | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Range | More than 100 km radio line-of-sight | Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous. Source ↗ |
| Speed | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Altitude | 5,000 m AMSL brochure ceiling | Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Communications / navigation | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Added a sourced global catalogue profile with configuration-specific data and explicit evidence limits.
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Follow the evidence
Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.
- GLADIUS brochure, Q4 2025 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme
- GLADIUS procurement announcement, June 2026 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme