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Compare the evidence.

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

Geran-5

A newer Russian jet-powered one-way aircraft described in Ukraine’s 2026 intelligence reporting. Geran-5 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 5
Variants / configurations
Geran-5 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.

Role & capabilities

  • One-way aircraft
  • Expendable; normal recovery not described

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
6.5 m length; 3.2 m span

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

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Mass
850 kg maximum take-off mass

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

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Endurance
Up to 2 h

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

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Range
950 km assessment

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

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Speed
450–600 km/h cruise

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

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Altitude
Up to 6,000 m

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

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Payload
90 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
Not established from the reviewed sources.

Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases.

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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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