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UAV CHART 2011 Low-Res 20112011 WorldwideWorldwide UAVUAV RoundupRoundup Country Prime Designation Development Production Operation Propulsion Gross Wt., kg Payload Wt., kg Wing Span, m Endurance, hr Range, km Ceiling, m Mission Country Prime Designation Development Production Operation Propulsion Gross Wt. kg Payload Wt., kg Wing Span, m Endurance , hr Range, km Ceiling, m Mission ABU DHABI ADCOM Military Industries Yabhon RX-6 Completed (?) In production Deployed Piston pusher prop 1,100 110 6 30 14,500 R/S RUSSIA (continued) ZALA 421-09 Under way Piston prop 70 10 3.9 10.5 50 3,000 RSTA - BDA -satcomm Yabhon RX-18 Under way Jet 1,250 18 Predator-class MALE ZALA 421-12 MAV Completed Electric C-L 3.9 1 1.6 2 3,600 R/S - monitoring (ADCOM uses the Yabhon Yabhon HMD Completed In production Deployed Twin turbo 1.2 High-speed target drone ZALA 421-15 VTOL Under way Electric 5 0.5 Rotor diam. 1.35 20 min 15 2,500 R/S - monitoring name for a wide range of UAVs Yabhon HM Completed In production Deployed Turbine ZALA 421-16 Completed Piston prop - C-L 16 3 1.62 7 50 3,000 R/S - SAR - video relay; monitoring with little else in common) Yabhon-H Completed In production Deployed Piston pusher prop 3.28 8 Reconnaissance ZALA 421-20 (?) GAS 200 50 6 8 70-400 3,700 Reconnaissance/surveillance; monitoring Yabhon-M Completed In production Deployed 30 5.7 Reconnaissance ZALA 421-21 mini-VTOL (?) Electric - 6 rotors 1.5 0.5 Rotor diam. 0.22 25 min 5 1,000 Surveillance; monitor; video Yabhon-R Completed In production Deployed 50 6.56 30 MALE R/S; SAR; monitoring ZALA 421-23 VTOL Under way GAS rotor 35 13 Rotor diam. 2.15 1.5 40 3,000 Monitoring; video SAT-400 Completed In production Deployed Pusher prop 85 2.75 2 Target drone Eniks E85 Under way On request Pulse jet 140 2 43.5 mi 9,850 Target drone Smart Eye Under way HALE - Predator-class E95 Under way Pulse jet 60 2.4 0.5 116 mi 10,000 Target drone ARGENTINA Argentine Air Force Proyecto UAV Etapa 1 Under way 300 50 8 R90 Under way Pulse jet 45 2.6 0.5 36 mi 10,000 Tactical reconnaissance Proyecto UAV Etapa 2 15 T23 Eleron Under way Electric - H-L 3 1.4 1 6.5 mi 2,000 Aerial photography; monitoring Proyecto UAV Etapa 3 3 months HALE Irkut DA42 Under way Twin piston 350 Argentine Army Lipan M3 Under way 60 20 40 Irkut-2M Completed Under way Electric - H-L 3 1.5 1.5 9,900 Multimission Argentine Navy Guardian Under way 80 30 50 Irkut-10 Completed Under way Electric - H-L 8.5 5.7 2.5 9,900 Multimission Nostromo Defensa Cabure III Completed Deployed Electric 3.5 1.7 1.2 10 LOS 2,000 RSTA - BDA Multipurpose UAS Under way Pusher prop 440 110 19.5 12 720 19,000 Yarará Under way Limited Deployed Piston 30 7 3.98 6 50 3,000 R/S - BP Kamov Ka-137 VTOL Under way Piston 280 176 4 16,400 CBW sning, border/sheries/ecol monitor Yagua Status unknown No longer on website Piston/electric pusher prop 12 2 2.7 16 piston/1.5 elect. 30+ Originally planned as TUAV for special ops MBVK-137 VTOL Under way Piston 280 50-80 Rotor diam. 5.3 4 530 5,000 Based on Ka-137 AUSTRALIA Aerosonde (division of AAI) Aerosonde SUAS Completed In production Deployed GAS pusher prop 15 5.4 2.9 30 1,609 6,096 ISR; jamming Iskatel Design Bureau Voron BAE Systems Kingsher Completed Research prototype Piston pusher prop 60 15 4.13 4.5 50 Demonstrator Luch Design Bureau Tipchak Under way Limited 60 3.5 70-120 Reconnaissance Kingsher Mk2 Completed Full production Deployed Pusher prop 115 30 4.23 15 Demonstrator Mikoyan Skat (Manta Ray) UCAV RDT&E 1 Klimov RD-5000B turbofan 10,000 2,000 11.5 2,000 SEAD Kalkura Completed Full production Deployed Turbojet 662 3.02 2 12,192 Target drone NII Kulon Filin Under way Turbojet 3,000 1 310 19,500 ft Tactical reconnaissance (w/Univ. of Sydney) Brumby Mk3 Completed 45 7 2.82 2 Demonstrator Moskit Under way 290 1.5 83 11,500 ft Tactical reconnaissance Codarra Advanced Systems Avatar P2 Completed Full production Deployed Electric prop - H-L 5.5 1 2.55 1 10 305 R/S - monitoring Novik 21st Century Brat Under way CSIRO RUA VTOL Completed Testing Gas rotor 5 Rotor diam. 1.8 Test and demonstration Grant Under way Silvertone Flamingo Mk 2 (single boom) Under way Deployed Pusher prop 20 10 4 7 UAV training B Sukhoi BAS-62 Under way Jet 16,000 lb 24 63,000 ft Global Hawk-class R/S Strella Production Assoc. M-932 Dan Under way Turbojet 345 2.7 40 min 29,500 ft Target UAV Vision G18 Aeolus Completed Gas rotor 14 5 Rotor diam. 1.8 3 100 Monitoring Sukhoi Zond-1 Under way Twin jet 12,000 1,500 35 18 16,000 ATC comm relay T21 Completed Microjet turbine 30 Rotor diam. 2.1 1.5 Monitoring Zond-2 Under way Twin jet 12,000 1,500 35 24 16,000 Multispectral monitoring AUSTRIA Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 Completed In production (?) Worldwide 50 HP rotary engine 110 50 Main rotor diam. 3.4 6 or 10+ 80 or 180 Up to 6,000 Zond-3M Under way Turbofan pusher prop 2,000 500 16 12 8,000 Multispectral monitoring BELGIUM Flying-Cam Flying-Cam III E-SARAH Completed Deployed Electric rotor 25 Tupolev BAK-SD candidate Under way 500-700 MALE - RSTA - strike BRAZIL Aeroeletrônica Ltd. - Elbit subsidiary Hermes 450 Completed Piston pusher prop 450 150 10.5 20 120 LOS 5,486 R/S, BDA Tu-143 Upgrading Deployed 1,230 13 min 180-360 2,000 BELARUS Kvand Ventures Husky Completed Twin turbojet rotor 90 42 Rotor diam. 3.2 1.2 60 1,800 S/SAR helicopter Tu-243 REIS2000-D Upgrading Deployed Turbojet - RATO 1,451.50 200 2.24 360 2,000/5,000 Recon - low-altitude attack CANADA Aeryon Labs Scout VTOL MAV Completed Limited Limited Electric - 4 rotor 1.7 250 g 80 cm diam. 20 min 3 333 R/S - SAR Transas Dozor-100 Under way Testing Piston pusher prop 95 10 400 Reconnaissance/surveillance Dragany Innovations Draganyer X4 Completed Since 2009 Deployed Electric - MAV 0.98 0.25 Rotor diam. 0.78 0.3 SR < 1 10-200 ImiNT, IR, R/S, S&R, TUAV Dozor-600 Under way Testing Piston pusher prop 640 120 12 24 900 7,500 R/S - comm relay Draganyer X6 Completed Since 2008 Deployed Electric - MAV 1.5 0.5 Rotor diam. 0.99 0.3 SR < 1 200 ImiNT, IR, R/S, S&R, TUAV Vega Aist (Stork) Under way Testing Twin piston prop - A-L 600 13.8 (?) 12 250 6,000 R/S Draganyer X8 Completed Begins 2011 Testing Electric - MAV 2.7 1 Rotor diam. 1.06 0.3 SR < 1 200-300 ImiNT, IR, R/S, S&R, TUAV Yakovlev PCHELA-1T 1970s-1980s Limited Piston 140 3.3 2 36 8,200 R/S - daytime TV camera MMIST SnowGoose CQ-10A Completed Under way Deployed Turboprop parafoil or Rotor VTOL 260.8 15 w/100 lb ISR, comm; cargo Albatros VTOL Under way Tilt rotor 450 26 7 110 350 R/S - SAR - civil ecological/counter-drug/border patrol SnowGoose CQ-10B VTOL Under way Limited Limited Turbo pusher prop/rotor 227 24 150 Near-VTOL - force protection; small unit resupply Strekoza/Expert Under way Pusher prop - C-L 40 6 60 450 R/S - SAR microPilot CropCam Completed Limited Battery - H-L 2.72 2.4 20 min 670 Ag/environmental monitor Pchela-1K Modernization Under way Deployed Pusher prop - T-L 300 10.5 3.5 36 11,500 day/night R/S - low-light TV camera MP-Trainer Completed Gas prop 2.95 0.9 1.75 20 min 4 Trainer - testing Pchela-e/Shmel-2 Under way C-L 485 6 R/S - electronic countermeasures MP-Vision Completed Battery - H-L 2.72 0.45 2.4 55 min Photo SINGAPORE Singapore Technology Aerospace Fantail 5000 Under way Ducted fan VTOL 6.5 0.9 Rotor diam. 46 cm. 0.5 8 914 RSTA - BDA - Photo CHILE IDETEC Sirol Completed Electric prop 3 3.8 2-4 Demonstrator SkyBlade III Under way Electric - prop 5 2.6 1 8 460 RSTA/BDA Stardust II Completed Electric prop 3 3.1 0.66 Agriculture; surveillance SkyBlade IV Under way Pusher prop - C-L 70 12 3.7 100 4,572 RSTA/SAR Javelin-X Completed Gas prop - CL 24 3.4 1 Aerial target SOUTH AFRICA Advanced Technologies Kiwit MUAV Under way Electric - H-L 6.5 1.8 1 3 495 Mini-UAV RMS SA Mantarraya Completed Battery - prop - CL 60 15 2.52 4 100 3,000 Reconnaissance; comms relay & Engineering Roadrunner Under way 6 1 1.5 1 R/S - aerial pursuit Petre II Completed Turbine - JATO 183.4 31 1.69 1 100 12,000 Aerial target Sentinel 500 m Under way C-L 150 5 5 Trauco III Completed Battery - prop - CL 210 20 4.02 55 min 100 8,200 Aerial target Sentinel 620 Under way 200 35 6.2 12 CHINA * ASN Technology Group ASN-211 MUAV In development Flapping wings 220 g 200 Low-altitude reconnaissance Sentinel 800 Under way 250 35 8 20 ASN-213 morphing Under way Folding wings 5 1 0.632 Unclear; morphing wing has been linked to fast attack Vigil EE Under way Pusher prop 80 20 4 8 Low-cost civilian UAV ASN-229A In development IOC 2011(?) 800 100, plus sensors 20 2,000 10,000 Reconnaissance and precise attack Vigil SR Under way Pusher prop 40 10 4 4 Low-cost civilian UAV ASN-106 In development Jet 170 20 1 High-speed target drone Vulture Completed In production Deployed Piston - Pusher prop 100 25 5.2 125 mi 16,400 TUAV - R/S - EW ASN-9 (Ba-9) Completed Deployed Prop 2.82 1 Ship-launched target drone Super Vulture II Under way Under way Piston - heavy fuel 125 25 5.2 3 80-200 16,400 RSTA - BDA ASN-15 Completed Deployed Piston H-L 6.5 3 1 10 1,625 ISR Council for Scientic & Industrial Res.
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