Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- TEKEVER
- Origin / production countries
- Portugal
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Not identified in reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Design and supplier figures; current operational acceptance not established in the reviewed programme sources.
ARX is TEKEVER’s larger fixed-wing surveillance-aircraft programme. Its dedicated manufacturer site describes a runway-operated aircraft with modular payload capacity and long-endurance objectives. Programme announcements and digital development material establish an active offering, but do not by themselves prove delivery of an operational fleet.
The published specifications are retained as design or supplier values. In particular, payload capacity, endurance and maximum range describe different limits unless a source explicitly connects them to one flight configuration. Satellite connectivity also depends on the installed service and network; it does not make physical aircraft range unlimited.
ARX is separate from the AR3 and AR5 products and from the later British AR6 logistics programme. Shared corporate branding should not cause their missions, national production arrangements or maturity to be merged. A dated flight-test or customer acceptance source would strengthen the present record. Until then, advertised capabilities remain distinct from independently demonstrated performance.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Fixed wing; runway operation | ARX design baseline. 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 | 12 m span; 6.8 m length | Supplier design figures. Source ↗ |
| Mass | 600 kg maximum take-off | Supplier baseline. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Up to 30 hours | Advertised maximum. Source ↗ |
| Range | More than 1,000 km advertised | Mission and communications conditions require configuration-specific evidence. Source ↗ |
| Speed | 68 knots cruise; 171 knots maximum | Distinct operating points. Source ↗ |
| Altitude | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Up to 150 kg | Not assumed simultaneous with maximum endurance. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | Modular optical, radar and electronic-surveillance options | Offered integrations, not all confirmed installed. Source ↗ |
| Communications / navigation | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Added in the September 2026 global coverage review, with sources, configuration limits and explicit data gaps.
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