Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- AeroVironment
- Origin / production countries
- United States
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- JUMP 20-X current marketed baseline
- Operators / programme customers
- Not confirmed in the reviewed public sources
Evidence & current status
The sources below establish the stated programme milestone or supplier claim. They do not independently verify every configuration, delivery total or advertised performance figure.
Role and programme
The JUMP configuration combines fixed-wing endurance with vertical launch and recovery. The current product table is used consistently for mass, dimensions, endurance and payload. Advertised operational range should not be treated as total flight distance or an independent test result.
The X configuration adds multi-fuel propulsion and maritime-oriented integration. The manufacturer lists US naval ISR-services selection in March 2026. Different sensor and communications integrations require their own qualification. A supplier description of automatic shipboard operation does not establish that every customer configuration has completed naval acceptance.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Fixed-wing VTOL reconnaissance aircraft | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source |
| Launch / recovery | Vertical take-off and landing | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source |
| Propulsion | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source |
| Dimensions | 5.7 m span; 2.8 m length | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source |
| Mass | 97.5 kg maximum take-off mass | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source |
| Endurance | 13+ h | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source |
| Range | 185 km advertised operational range | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source |
| Speed | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source |
| Altitude | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source |
| Payload | 13.6 kg | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source |
| Sensors | Modular EO/IR and other sensor options | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source |
| Communications / navigation | Configurable ground-control and payload interfaces | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source |
Publication history
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- AeroVironment JUMP 20-X current specification (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme source