Role & capabilities
- Counter-drone interception
- Multiple role-specific modifications
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Interceptor aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Ukrainian manufacturer — not publicly identified in reviewed source
- Origin / production countries
- Ukraine
- Other names
- Циклоп; Cyclop; Tsiklop
- Variants / configurations
- Tsyklop V2
- Operators / programme customers
- Armed Forces of Ukraine — use reported by Ukraine MoD
Evidence & current status
Field use is an official Ukrainian claim. Published family figures must not automatically be assigned to every modification or to V2.
Tsyklop is a Ukrainian interceptor family, also written Cyclop or Tsiklop in English transliteration. A July 2026 Ministry of Defence announcement distinguishes several modifications with different performance and mission requirements. It expressly names Tsyklop V2 and says versions of the family had already been used in the field for several years. The maker is described as an experienced Ukrainian enterprise but is not publicly named in that announcement.
This provides stronger use evidence than an exhibition appearance, while remaining an official account from a party to the conflict. Claimed engagement totals are not used here as an independently verified effectiveness measure. The codification announcement and earlier family use also should not be compressed into a single assumed service-entry date for V2.
Published dimensions and endurance are attached to the family description rather than a fully identified production configuration. They are retained with that limitation. Exact speed, altitude, mass, powerplant and sensor fit remain unresolved. Future updates should connect each data sheet to a named version and distinguish a transliteration change from a genuinely different aircraft.
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 | 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 slightly over 1 m | MoD family description; exact modification is not specified. Source ↗ |
| Mass | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Almost 1.5 hours | MoD claim; payload, flight conditions and exact modification are unspecified. 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
Codification publicly announced
The ministry also reports earlier use of family variants; this is not their common service-entry date.
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Publication history
- — Added in the September 2026 global coverage review, with sources, configuration limits and explicit data gaps.
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Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.