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Choose up to three systems. Specifications retain their source and configuration; missing information is left undisclosed.

Geran-4

A newer Russian jet-powered one-way aircraft described in Ukraine’s 2026 intelligence reporting. Geran-4 has a separate profile from the earlier family members.

Country / region
Russia
Programme status
Use documented
Sources reviewed
20 Sept 2026
In service / use documentedUse documented
Primary domain
Air
System type
One-way aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Alabuga production network — GUR attribution
Origin / production countries
Russia
Other names
Geran 4
Variants / configurations
Geran-4 examined configuration
Operators / programme customers
Russia — GUR recovered-airframe assessment

Evidence & current status

Identification and specification are attributed to Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence. Captured-airframe evidence is stronger than a promotional claim, but one specimen does not establish every production variant or an independently verified fleet size. Database and announcement performance figures conflict; see programme text.

Role & capabilities

  • One-way aircraft
  • Expendable; normal recovery not described
  • Camera present in the examined configuration

Specifications in context

Airframe
Jet-powered one-way aircraft

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Launch / recovery
Expendable; normal recovery not described

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Propulsion
Turbojet; identified by GUR

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Dimensions
3.6 m length; 3.05 m span in database

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Mass
Up to 450 kg take-off mass

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Endurance
2.2 h

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Range
770 km

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Speed
320 km/h cruise; 350 km/h maximum in database

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Altitude
Up to 4 km in database

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Payload
50 kg warhead mass; not interchangeable with general payload capacity

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Sensors
Camera present in the examined configuration

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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Communications / navigation
Inertial/satellite navigation and telemetry documented; production variants may differ

GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test.

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