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List of unmanned aerial vehicles

The following is a list of unmanned aerial vehicles developed and operated in various countries around the world.

Algeria

Argentina

  • AeroDreams Chi-7 (AeroDreams)
  • AeroDreams Strix Reconnaissance (2006)
  • AeroVision Arcangel (AeroVision) - agricultural and civilian surveillance (2010)
  • FMA IA X 59 Dronner (FAdeA) - reconnaissance (1972)
  • Lipán M3 "Apache" - reconnaissance (2007)
  • Lipán XM4 - reconnaissance (development)
  • ARA Guardian (UAV) - reconnaissance (2007)
  • Nostromo Caburé (Nostromo Defensa)
  • Nostromo Centinela
  • Nostromo Yarará
  • Nostromo Yagua
  • Quimar MQ-2 "Bigua"

Armenia

Australia

  • AAI Corporation Aerosonde - weather data
  • AAI Corporation Aerosonde Mk.1
  • AAI Corporation Aerosonde Mk.2
  • AAI Corporation Aerosonde Mk.3
  • AAI Corporation Aerosonde Mk.4
  • Aerosonde Aeroguard
  • ADRO Pelican Observer
  • BAE Brumby
  • BAE Kingfisher
  • BAE STRIX
  • Boeing Air Power Teaming System (Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat)
  • Carbonix Volanti
  • Carbonix Domani
  • Coptercam
  • Cyber Technology CyberQuad
  • Cyber Technology CyberEye
  • Cyber Technology CyBird
  • Cyber Technology CyberWraith
  • Codarra Avatar
  • CSIRO Mantis
  • GAF Jindivik
  • GAF Turana
  • Entecho Demipod
  • Entecho Mupod
  • ADI Jandu
  • Silvertone Flamingo
  • Skyborne Technologies Cerberus GLH
  • Skyborne Technologies Gannet Glide Drone (GGD)
  • Sonacom Mirli
  • UAV Vision G18 Aeolus
  • UAV Vision T21
  • UAV Vision T26
  • AVT Hammerhead
  • V-TOL i-copter Phantom
  • V-TOL i-copter Seeker
  • V-TOL Mini Warrigal
  • V-TOL Warrigal Explorer
  • V-TOL Explore
  • V-TOL Arrow
  • V-TOL Quadrotor
  • V-TOL Octocopter

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Brazil

  • 14-X, a Mach 10 UAV scramjet under development by FAB
  • A-20 LTA VANT Commercial UAV of Space Airships.
  • Acauã VANT Experimental UAV of the Brazilian Air Force to develop electronic systems for future Brazilian UAVS.
  • Aeromot K1AM UAV/Target drone for the Brazilian Navy, based in Northrop KD2R-5 Drone.
  • AGPlane UAV of AGX/Aeroalcool.Agricultural and civilian surveillance UAV.
  • Arara M1 Small surveillance UAV.
  • Arara T1 Small UAV/target of AGX/Aeroalcool for the Brazilian Navy.
  • Avibras Falcão Tactical UAV, Avibras
  • Azimute Santos Lab Comercio e Industria Aerospacial Ltda.
  • BQM-1BR First Brazilian UAV/target of the CBT (Companhia Brasileira de Tratores).
  • Caçador, developed from Israeli IAI Heron
  • Carcara Infantry portable UAV, in service with the Brazilian Marine Corps Santos Lab Comercio e Industria Aerospacial Ltda.
  • Carcara II New version of Carcara for the Navy, Santos Lab Comercio e Industria Aerospacial Ltda.
  • Dumont - New Technologies,
  • Eletron UAV of the BRVANT.
  • Flight Technologies FS-01 Watchdog Brazilian Tactical reconnaissance UAV
  • Flight Technologies FS-02 AvantVision Brazilian mini UAV
  • Flight Technologies FT-100 Horus Soldier portable UAV, in small service in the Brazilian army Flight Technologies based on FS-02
  • Flight Technologies FT-200 Watchdog Brazilian Tactical reconnaissance UAV by Flight Technologies based in FS-01
  • Flight Technologies VT-15 UAV In test of the Brazilian Army, based on Flight Technologies FT-200 Watchdog.
  • Gyro 200 ED mini-UAV Quadcopter of the Gyrofly Innovations.
  • Gyro 500 Mini-UAV Quadcopter of the Gyrofly Innovations.
  • Harpia This is a medium size tactical UAV of the Harpia Systems (Joint-Venture of the Embraer Defense and Security, AEL Systems and Avibras), halted in January 2016
  • Hornet H2 UAV of the BRVANT.
  • Jabirú Santos Lab Comercio e Industria Aerospacial Ltda.
  • Proton UAV of the BRVANT.
  • SARVant Surveillance UAV developed by a consortium of OrbiSat (SAR Radar) Aeroalcool (airframe) and AGX (flight controls).
  • Sea Runner target of the Brazilian Air Force.
  • Stella Tecnologia Atobá XR remotely controlled UAV capable of autonomous flight and attack operations
  • Tiriba Brazilian mini UAV by AGX Tecnologia.4 kg, light civilian UAV
  • XMobots Apoema 1000B LALE (low-altitude long-endurance) (2009)
  • XMobots Nauru 500C, used by both the Brazilian Air Force and Brazilian Navy. Used by the CENSIPAM during Operation Catramani II.

Canada

Chile

  • Sirol, reconnaissance and research (2007)
  • Sirol 221, reconnaissance and meteorology research (2008)
  • Stardust II, reconnaissance and aerial imaging(2010)
  • Lascar UAV, reconnaissance (2012)

China (PRC)

Colombia

  • Navigator X2
  • Araknos V2, multirotor. Advector, Unmanned Systems
  • Koleopteros, multirotor. Advector, Unmanned Systems
  • Buteos LTE, fixed wing. Advector, Unmanned Systems

Costa Rica

  • SA-SkyHunter, aerial mapping (2014)

Croatia

  • BL M-99 Bojnik

Czech Republic

Denmark

Egypt

Finland

  • MASS Mini-UAV, reconnaissance

France

Germany

  • Aibotix Aibot X6, multicopter for mapping and industry
  • AiDrones AiD-H14, industrial helicopter UAV
  • AiDrones AiD-H25, industrial helicopter UAV
  • AiDrones AiD-H40, industrial helicopter UAV
  • Airbus Sagitta, jet powered UAV developed as part of the Open Innovation initiative
  • Arado Ar E.377 und Ar E.377A (air to ship)
  • Argus As 292, anti-aircraft target drone (1937)
  • Argus Fernfeuer
  • Blohm & Voss BV 143A und BV 143B (air to ship)
  • Blohm & Voss BV 246 (air to surface, also known as Blohm & Voss BV 226)
  • Blohm & Voss BV 950 L10 und BV 950 L11 (air to ship)
  • AscTec Falcon 8, industrial octocopter for aerial imaging (UAV)
  • AscTec Firefly, hexacopter for research and development (UAV)
  • AscTec Hummingbird, quadrocopter for research and development (UAV)
  • AscTec Pelican, quadrotor for research and development UAV
  • Birdpilot X-4 Multicopter, lightweight long endures industrial quadcopter for aerial imaging (UAV)
  • Birdpilot X-8 Multicopter, compact industrial octocopter for aerial imaging (UAV)
  • Dornier Kiebitz
  • EADS Barracuda, German-led program together with Spain
  • EMT Aladin, reconnaissance
  • EMT Fancopter, reconnaissance
  • EMT Luna, reconnaissance
  • EMT Luna NG, reconnaissance
  • EMT Museco, ATOL helicopter, reconnaissance and communication
  • EMT X-13 https://www.emt-penzberg.de/en/produkte/x-13/x-13.html
  • EuroHawk, reconnaissance (developed together with the U.S.)
  • Fieseler Fi 157 anti-aircraft target drone (1937)
  • Globe UAV 6 LTE Hexacopter, compact industrial Copter for aerial imaging (UAV)
  • Globe UAV 8 IXON LTE Octocopter, compact industrial Copter for aerial imaging (UAV)
  • Globe UAV 4L AQUILA LTE Quadrocopter, compact industrial Copter for aerial imaging (UAV)
  • Globe UAV 8L CEPTOR LTE Octocopter, compact industrial Copter for aerial imaging and transport (UAV)
  • Globe UAV AVIUM 200 LTE VTOL, compact industrialVTOL for aerial imaging and transport (UAV)
  • H-Aero
  • Henschel Hs 117 (surface to airplane, air to air)
  • Henschel Hs 293 (air to ship)
  • Henschel Hs 294 (air to ship)
  • Henschel Hs 298 (air to air)
  • Hyfish
  • Messerschmitt Enzian E-4 (surface to airplane)
  • MikroKopter and variants QuadroKopter, HexaKopter and OktoKopter
  • OFFIS Guard reconnaissance and research
  • Quantum‑Systems Vector, Auterion AuterionOS, open-source any chip PX4 flight control software, EO/LWIR, Swarm Forge development platform, Skynode S (installed on any drone), Nemyx (local overwhelm swarm) engine software (for swarms of 50 anti-personnel drones per operator), Software-Defined Radio (SDR), AI module, (No Li-Fi or LiDAR) ISR only, FL14, 40 mph, 3 hrs, 20 km, 80 km at Minimum Reception Altitude (MRA)
  • Rheinmetall KZO (reconnaissance)
  • Ruhrstahl Kramer X-7 (air to tank, also known as Ruhrstahl Kramer 347)
  • SIRIUS UAS (MAVinci)
  • V-1 flying bomb (Vergeltungswaffen V-1 surface to surface, air to surface jet bomb, also known as Fieseler Fi 103)
  • Wingcopter 178 Heavy Lift (Delivery Drone).

Greece

  • Aether Aeronautics ADS
  • Aether Aeronautics PNS-1
  • Altus LSA Uranos
  • BSK Defense Erevos MALE reconnaissance UAV
  • BSK Defense Ideon mini reconnaissance UAV
  • BSK Defense Kyon mini reconnaissance UAV
  • BSK Defense Phaethon G tactical reconnaissance UAV
  • BSK Defense Phaethon J tactical reconnaissance UAV
  • DELAER RX-3 surveillance and reconnaissance
  • EADS 3 Sigma Alkyon
  • EADS 3 Sigma Iris
  • EADS 3 Sigma Nearchos reconnaissance (1996)
  • EADS 3 Sigma Perseas
  • EAV (HAI) Archytas (under development)
  • EAV (HAI) Ε1-79 Pegasos reconnaissance (1982)
  • EAV (HAI) Ε1-79 Pegasos II reconnaissance (2005)
  • HCUAV surveillance UAV (2015)
  • IDE Intracom Defence Lotus
  • Spirit Aeronautical Systems (SAS Technology)TALOS MALE UAS
  • Spirit Aeronautical Systems (SAS Teghnology) SARISA SRS-1A/C armed/cargo drone|
  • Spirit Aeronautical Systems (SAS Teghnology) ARES ARS-1A/C Armed/Cargo Drone
  • Spirit Aeronautical Systems (SAS Teghnology) EMPUSA-EMP-X4/X6 ISR Drone
  • Spirit Aeronautical Systems (SAS Teghnology) AIHMI AHM-1X Stand Off Loitering Munition.
  • UCANDRONE/EFA Archytas VTOL drone (not related to the EAV (HAI) Archytas project)
  • UCANDRONE Blackbird
  • UCANDRONE F220
  • UCANDRONE Phoreas
  • VELOS ROTORS V3
  • Ypaspistis UCAV

India

Indonesia

  • PUNA (Pesawat Udara Nir-Awak) Sriti, Alap-Alap, Gagak, Pelatuk, and Wulung, made by Badan Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi, now part of Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional)
  • LSU-02, (Lapan Surveillance UAV-02), LSU-03, and LSU-05, made by Lembaga Antariksa dan Penerbangan Nasional, now part of Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional)
  • Elang Hitam (IAe Male UAV, Made by PT IAe - 2020)
  • LTD (Large Target Drone, Made by PT Mandiri Mitra Muhibbah - 2006)
  • AMX Vertic and Vertic XL (tail-sitter drone with 4 rotors for mapping/surveillance), made by AMX UAV, a drone startup based in Yogyakarta
  • Sekar Agri, a class of sprayer drone made by Smart Transportation Solutions (branded as Frogs.id), a drone start up based in Yogyakarta that also made the first Indonesian flying taxi, F-282.
  • BVD-V25 (electric fixed-wing VTOL for surveillance), BVD-F11 (fixed wing drone for mapping), BVD-M14 (multifunction quadrotor) and BVD-M16 (hexarotor with floater for pollution sniffing) made by Beehive Drone, a drone start up based in Yogyakarta.
  • AiV-330 (electric fixed-wing VTOL for surveillance), AiV-400 (fuel powered, fixed-wing VTOL for ship-based operation), Malinau (conventional twin-boom design for military surveillance), and AT-250 (electric fixed-wing VTOL for mapping), made by Aerro Terra Indonesia, one of the oldest drone company in Indonesia (founded in 2010) based in Jakarta
  • MiniBe (flying wing for mapping, could be modified as a loitering munition), RayBe (tilt-rotor mapping drone), Iris (multipurpose quadrotor for inspection, cargo and surveillance), and OmniBe (hybrid fixed-wing VTOL for wide area surveillance), made by Bentara Tabang Nusantara (BETA UAS), a drone startup company based in Bandung
  • Palapa S1, fuel engine fixed-wing VTOL made by UGM designed to monitor forest fire

International

Iran

List of Iranian drone bases

Israel

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Latvia

  • UAVFACTORY Penguin B dual-purpose (civil/military), fixed-wing UAV (2010)
  • FIXAR: FIXAR 007 (civilian), fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing UAV

Malaysia

Mexico

Netherlands

New Zealand

  • KAHU-HAWK
  • RQ-84 AreoHawk Hawkeye UAV
  • Hawkeye Systems Hawk GS-500
  • X-craft Enterprises Valkyrie
  • X-craft EnterpriseS Angelray

Nigeria

Norway

North Korea

  • Domestically produced Chinese Sky-09P developed through North Korea's UAV program 2005-2014
  • Saetbyol-4
  • Saetbyol-9

Pakistan

Peru

Philippines

  • Knight Falcon
  • Raptor
  • TUAV

Poland

Portugal

Romania

  • Air Strato
  • Argus S - surveillance (2005)
  • Argus XL - reconnaissance (2007)
  • ATT-01 - target drone
  • Hirrus - surveillance (2018)
  • IAR-T - research, target and surveillance (1997)
  • Quarrus - target drone
  • SACT Boreal 5

Russia

  • Aist ("Stork") — multirole UAV
  • Almaz-Antey (manufacturer of the S-400) Volk-18 (en: Wolf-18) — interceptor of anti-personnel drones, autonomous (& final mile) AI, not coil-fed, net gun with 3 nets, 30 minute loiter
  • Altius-RU — medium-altitude long-endurance reconnaissance and combat UAV
  • Chirok — hybrid amphibious UAV vehicle
  • Dozor-3 — heavy reconnaissance and combat UAV (2009)
  • Dozor-50 — intelligence, surveillance (2007)
  • Dozor-85 — aerial mapping, border patrol, surveillance
  • Dozor-100 — intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance unmanned aircraft system (2009)
  • Dozor-600 — reconnaissance and combat UAV (late-2010)
  • Eleron-3 — reconnaissance UAV
  • ENICS E-95 / E08M - target drone
  • Forpost — licensed copy of the Israel UAV Searcher MkII, Forpost-R is localized version
  • Gerbera, accounts for 65% of the decoy sorties with Geran drones.
  • Geoscan Lite — fixed-wing aerial survey UAV
  • Geoscan 201 — fixed-wing aerial survey UAV with GNSS receiver and multispectral camera
  • Geoscan 401 — multirotor drone with variable payload
  • Geoscan 501 — multirotor aerial survey drone <div id="Slon"></div>
  • Groza Group of Companies Slon (en Elephant) heavy‑lift quadcopter, 15 km, 30 mins, 120 kg, no fiber optic, no daughters (parasites, outriders, swarmlings, launchlings, pods, effectors, deployables, sub-UAVs, or auxillaries)
  • Geran-2 - main long range drone, Ploshchad (en: &#91;draw&#93; box), zakhvat tseli (en: target lock/capture) avtonomnyy terminal (en: autonomous terminal), 2500 km, Shenzhen Xunlong Software Orange Pi 5 SBCs with Rockchip (& Armbian or Ubuntu linux or Windows 11) running Russian Borshch AI on the YOLO open-souce detection framework on an SD card, sold on AliExpress plus Chinese SpeedyBee F405 V4 small flight controller boards with the ArteryTek AT32 chip & Ardupilot (or iNav for return to home, Betaflight is FPV) open-source firmware, flashed into memory via Bluetooth, sold on AliExpress
  • Geran-5 - Non-delta-wing airframe, 1000 km, Telefly turbojet, 90 kg warhead, 12-chan Kometa sat nav, Raspberry micro tracking
  • Izdelie-545 (Product 545) — interceptor of anti-personnel drones, technically a launcher of kinetic projectiles, not a drone, so doesn't loiter
  • Kamov Ka-137 / MBVK-137 — multipurpose unmanned helicopter complex (1998)
  • Kinzhal C-UAV — main interceptor of long range drones, autonomous AI, kamikaze
  • Kronstadt Grom — stealthy unmanned combat aerial vehicle, equivalent as XQ-58
  • Kronstadt Molnya — smaller similar to Grom
  • Kronstadt Orion Inokhodets-RU (Sirius) - medium altitude long-range reconnaissance and CUAV, comparable to RQ1, RQ3 and RQ9, ISR processing AI, target recognition, semi‑autonomous strike capability
  • Kuznetsov Pustelga — mobile complexes (MC) based on autonomously piloted flying microvehicles (FMV). Three types: Alpha (31&nbsp;lb), Beta (15&nbsp;lb), Gamma (10&nbsp;lb)
  • Lavochkin La-17, target and reconnaissance UAV (1953)
  • Legionnaire E33k UAV
  • Luch (Design Bureau), Korsar — medium-weight reconnaissance and combat UAV
  • Luch (Design Bureau), Lastochka — light-weight reconnaissance and combat UAV (2011)
  • Luch (Design Bureau), Luch — medium-range reconnaissance and combat UAV
  • Mikoyan Skat — stealth reconnaissance and combat UAV
  • Ovod thermal imaging AI
  • Parodiya, one type of decoy launched with Geran drones
  • Radar-MMS BPV-500
  • Skvorets-PVO interceptor, FPV, CUST-made AI, 270 km/h, variants: naval Skvorets-VMF (launched from the Katran USV) & Skvorets-Z for recon & capture
  • STC Orlan-10 - light-weight reconnaissance UAV, artillery spotter, Orlan-30 has optical target tracking AI and laser‑designation automation, Leer-3 EW
  • Sukhoi Zond-1 (UAV) AWACS station for intelligence, surveillance and interception project
  • Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B (Hunter), close to Skat and BAE and US UCAV's stealth, unveiled in 2017, autonomous flight, AI‑assisted target prioritization, AI‑enabled teaming with Su‑57, strategic UCAV
  • T-4 Iskatel (Searcher) — high-tech reconnaissance portable UAV (2012)
  • Tupolev Tu-123 — reconnaissance (1964)
  • Tupolev Tu-141 — reconnaissance (mid-1970s)
  • Tupolev Tu-143 — reconnaissance (1970s onward)
  • Tupolev Ту-243 Reis-D — Unmanned tactical aerial reconnaissance, operational as of 2000
  • Ushkuynik Prince Vandal of Novgorod first FO drone, July 2024
  • Veter Design Bureau (ASFPV) Veterok 7 Pro — main anti-personnel, fiber optic, FPV drone, Pro stands for Ploshchad AI module, Foundation for Advanced Research Project (FPI) interact AI, 13 inches, 7 kg payload, 25 km range.
  • Yakovlev ALBATROS-EXPERT — vertical start and landing remote-piloted vehicle (RPV) intended for television (infra-red vision) air reconnaissance of the underlying surface in the day-time and at night, EXPERT is the integrated system comprising three RPV, ground control station, launcher and servicing equipment.
  • Yakovlev Klest — reconnaissance UAV to replace the Russian armed forces' Pchela-1s.
  • Yakovlev Pchela-1T — reconnaissance UAV (1986)
  • Yakovlev Voron "raven" — UCAV for long range, high speed strike capability<div id="Yolka"></div>
  • Yolka (alternate spelling Elka) main interceptor of anti-personnel drones
  • ZALA 421-06
  • ZALA 421-08, reconnaissance mini UAV (2007)
  • ZALA 421-12
  • ZALA Izdeliye‑53 (Lancet successor), more powerful ARM SBC, upgraded CNN accelerator, Chinese AI SoC (Horizon Robotics / Rockchip RK3588), FPGA‑based image pipeline, neural‑net target recognition, target prioritization AI, but no swarm
  • ZALA KUB‑BLA (“Kamikaze Cube”), HiSilicon Hi3516CV300, ARM Cortex‑A7 SoC, low‑power CNN accelerator (integrated in HiSilicon ISP), optional FPGA board for image preprocessing, AIVI assisted perception (not autonomous attack)
  • ZALA Lancet-3, Nvidia Jetson, vision guidance with neural‑net target recognition

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

  • Pegaz – combat drone
  • Gavran 145 – loitering munition
  • Osica – loitering munition
  • Vrabac – reconnaissance drone

Singapore

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

  • Korea Aerospace Night Intruder NI-100N or DUV-4, medium-range tactical reconnaissance
  • Korea Aerospace RQ-101, short-range for tactical reconnaissance
  • Korea Aerospace RQ-102, short-range for tactical reconnaissance, target detection and target designation and combat damage assessment
  • Korea Aerospace Night Intruder 600VT, VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) unmanned helicopter for reconnaissance missions
  • Korean Air Aerospace KUS-7
  • Korean Air Aerospace KUS-9 medium-range tactical reconnaissance
  • Korean Air Aerospace KUS-FS MALE, medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAV
  • Korean Air Aerospace KUS-VH, Unmanned System-Vertical Helicopter, based on MD 500 Defender
  • Korean Air Aerospace KUS-FC, unmanned combat air vehicle [UCAV] with stealth capacities
  • Uconsystem Remo Eye 006B
  • Uconsystem Remo Eye 002B
  • Uconsystem T-Rotor
  • Uconsystem Drone Killer
  • LIG Nex1 KCD-200 heavy-lift UAV

Spain

Sri Lanka

Switzerland

Sweden

Taiwan

Thailand

Tunisia

  • TATI Nasnas MK1

Turkey

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

  • Adcom Systems Yabhon
  • Yabhon United 40
  • Adasi Air Truck
  • Adasi Al Sabr S-100
  • Adasi Garmoosha
  • Adasi Hunter 10
  • Adasi Hunter 2-S
  • Adasi Hunter 5
  • Adasi Hunter SP
  • Adasi Jenia
  • Adasi QX-4 VTOL
  • Adasi QX-5 VTOL
  • Adasi QX-6 VTOL
  • Adasi QX6-50
  • Adasi Rash S
  • Adasi SDO 50 V2 VTOL
  • Halcon Shadow 25
  • Halcon Shadow 50-P
  • Halcon Shadow 50-TJ

United Kingdom

United States

List of United States drone bases

Vietnam

See also

References

Further reading

External links