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Country Model Manufacturer Produced Description
🇮🇷 Shahed 129 HESA
42
 Iranian single-engine medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned combat aerial vehicle, introduced in 2013, utilized for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision airstrikes.
🇮🇷 Shahed 131 HESA — Iranian-made one-way attack drone, developed in the early 21st century, used for precision strikes against infrastructure and military targets.
🇮🇷 Shahed 136 Shahed Aviation Industries — Iranian-designed loitering munition, introduced in the early 2020s, utilized as an autonomous pusher-propelled drone for attacking ground targets.
🇮🇷 Shahed 238 HESA — Iranian turbojet-powered one-way attack drone, unveiled in the early 2020s, utilized for high-speed precision strikes and suppression of enemy air defenses.
🇮🇷 Shahed-149 Gaza HESA
3
 Iranian high-altitude long-endurance unmanned combat aerial vehicle, developed in the early 2021s, operated for reconnaissance and precision strike missions.
🇮🇷 Shahed-171 Simorgh Shahed/HESA — Iranian jet-powered flying wing unmanned combat aerial vehicle, developed in the 2010s, utilized for reconnaissance and precision strike missions.
🇵🇰 Shahpar-II GIDS — Pakistani unmanned combat aerial vehicle, developed in the early 2020s, deployed in regional military conflicts.
🇸🇪 Skeldar V-200 Saab — Swedish medium-range vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicle helicopter, developed in the early 21st century, used for military surveillance, intelligence gathering, and light cargo transportation.
🇺🇦 Sokil-300 Luch Design Bureau — Ukrainian medium-altitude long-endurance reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle, developed in the early 2020s, designed for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and strike missions.
🇷🇺 Sokol Altius OKB Sokol
3
 Russian unmanned aerial vehicle, introduced in 2019, with high-altitude, long-endurance operations yet to be operationally deployed.
Country Model Manufacturer Produced Description
🇫🇷 Sperwer Sagem — French unmanned aerial vehicle, developed in the late 20th century, used for remote reconnaissance and intelligence gathering.
🇺🇸 Switchblade 300 AeroVironment
4000
 American man-portable loitering munition, introduced in the early 2010s, used for precision strikes against personnel and light vehicles in various global conflicts.
🇺🇸 Switchblade 600 AeroVironment — American man-portable loitering munition, developed in the early 2020s, used for anti-armour operations and precision strikes.
🇹🇷 TAI Aksungur Turkish Aerospace Industries
12
 Turkish medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned combat aerial vehicle, introduced in the early 2020s, utilized for long-term surveillance, signals intelligence, and maritime patrol missions.
🇹🇷 TAI Anka Turkish Aerospace Industries
102
 Turkish medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, introduced in 2010, utilized for surveillance, reconnaissance, and combat missions.
🇹🇷 TAI Anka-3 TAI — Turkish flying-wing stealth unmanned combat aerial vehicle developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries for strike, electronic warfare and loyal-wingman missions alongside the KAAN fighter.
🇨🇳 TB-001 Twin-tailed Scorpion Tengden — Chinese medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned combat aerial vehicle, developed in the late 2010s, used for military reconnaissance and strike operations.
🇮🇱 Tadiran Mastiff Tadiran — Israeli battlefield unmanned aerial vehicle, developed in the 1970s, used for real-time military surveillance and reconnaissance.
🇬🇧 Taranis BAE Systems
1
 British stealth combat drone, developed in the 2010s, notable for its autonomous capabilities and as yet unreported in operational deployment.
🇷🇺 Tu-123 Yastreb Tupolev
52
 Soviet long-range high-altitude supersonic strategic unmanned reconnaissance drone, introduced in the mid-1960s and used for intelligence gathering over Europe.
Country Model Manufacturer Produced Description
🇷🇺 Tu-141 Strizh Tupolev — Soviet medium-range reconnaissance drone, developed in the late 1970s, used for aerial reconnaissance and later repurposed as a long-range loitering munition.
🇷🇺 Tu-143 Reys Tupolev
950
 Soviet unmanned reconnaissance aircraft from 1970s used for tactical reconnaissance missions
🇺🇦 UA Dynamics Punisher UA Dynamics
230
 Ukrainian multifunctional unmanned combat aerial vehicle, developed in the late 2010s, used for reconnaissance, search and rescue, and combat missions behind enemy lines.
🇺🇦 UJ-22 Airborne UkrJet — Ukrainian multirole reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle, developed in the early 2020s, extensively deployed for long-range strike and reconnaissance operations.
🇺🇦 UJ-25 Skyline UkrJet — Ukrainian jet-powered loitering munition, introduced in the early 2020s, deployed in the Russo-Ukrainian War.
🇺🇸 V-BAT Shield AI — American vertical take-off and landing reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle, developed in the early 21st century, used for maritime and land-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations.
🇨🇳 WZ-7 Soaring Dragon Guizhou
20
 Chinese high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, developed in the early 21st century, primarily used for aerial reconnaissance and maritime targeting.
🇨🇳 WZ-8 AVIC — Chinese hypersonic high-altitude reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle, introduced in the late 2010s, used for strategic intelligence gathering and aerial reconnaissance.
🇺🇸 Wasp III AeroVironment — American miniature unmanned aerial vehicle, developed in the early 21st century, deployed for special operations and tactical reconnaissance.
🇬🇧 Watchkeeper WK450 Thales UK
54
 British unmanned aerial vehicle for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance, developed in the early 21st century and used for battlefield intelligence and border patrol.
Country Model Manufacturer Produced Description
🇨🇳 Wing Loong I Chengdu
60
 Chinese medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned combat aerial vehicle, developed in the early 21st century, extensively utilized for surveillance and aerial reconnaissance missions.
🇨🇳 Wing Loong II CAIG / CASC
100
 Chinese unmanned combat aerial vehicle, prominent in the 21st century, extensively deployed for surveillance and strike operations.
🇨🇳 Wing Loong-10 AVIC — Chinese high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, developed in the early 21st century, designed for reconnaissance and precision strike missions.
🇺🇸 X-47B Northrop Grumman
2
 American unmanned combat aerial vehicle demonstrator, developed in the early 21st century for carrier-based operations and semi-autonomous flight.
🇺🇸 XQ-58 Valkyrie Kratos — American experimental stealth unmanned combat aerial vehicle, developed in the late 2010s, designed to serve as a loyal wingman for manned fighter aircraft.
🇺🇸 YFQ-48 Talon Blue Northrop Grumman — American unmanned combat aerial vehicle developed by Northrop Grumman for Increment II of the U.S. Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program as an autonomous fighter escort.
🇦🇪 Yabhon United 40 ADASI — Emirati medium-altitude long-endurance drone, known for service in Libyan Civil War and ongoing Yemeni conflict since 2011.
🇷🇺 ZALA Lancet ZALA Aero
6000
 Russian loitering munition and unmanned aerial vehicle, developed in the late 2010s, utilized for reconnaissance and precision strike operations in modern conflicts.
🇫🇷 nEUROn Dassault Aviation
1
 European experimental stealth unmanned combat aerial vehicle, developed in the early 21st century for testing autonomous combat technologies in high-threat zones.