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Milkor 380

South African medium-altitude aircraft programme offering long-duration surveillance and multiple military payload configurations.

Country / region
South Africa
Programme status
Supplier-reported status
Sources reviewed
20 Sept 2026
Supplier-reported statusSupplier-reported status
Primary domain
Air
System type
Multirole aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Milkor
Origin / production countries
South Africa
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
See the named configuration and evidence notes
Operators / programme customers
Not confirmed in the reviewed public sources

Evidence & current status

The 2025 catalogue differs from an older manufacturer web baseline. Values here use the catalogue; exact customer configurations and current operator fleets remain unconfirmed.

Role & capabilities

  • Multirole aircraft

Specifications in context

Airframe
Fixed-wing MALE aircraft

Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.

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Launch / recovery
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Propulsion
Fuel engine; catalogue lists aviation or motor gasoline

Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.

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Dimensions
Length 9 m; wingspan 18.6 m

Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.

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Mass
Maximum take-off weight 1,500 kg

Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.

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Endurance
Maximum 30 hours

Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.

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Range
4,000+ km maximum; 250 km line-of-sight communications radius

Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.

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Speed
250 km/h maximum; 110–150 km/h operational

Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.

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Altitude
Maximum operational altitude 30,000 ft

Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.

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Payload
Maximum 220 kg

Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.

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Sensors
EO/IR and radar options

Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.

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Communications / navigation
Line-of-sight link; SATCOM capable

Published figure for the cited configuration; not independently verified flight performance.

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