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Browse air, land, sea surface and underwater systems by mission, country, manufacturer and programme status.

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Aircraft, ground vehicles, surface vessels, underwater vehicles, named variants and adjacent support systems. Specifications are attributed to their sources; undisclosed values stay explicit. Origin is separate from operator country. This is a growing public-source catalogue, including development projects, rather than a census of every field-built configuration.

10 entries

Air · Loitering munitionFrance

MV-100 VELOCE / LARINAE

French fixed-wing turbine-powered programme whose current product naming spans VELOCE and LARINAE.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Loitering munitionFrance

MX-10 DAMOCLES

French rotary-wing loitering-munition programme associated with Colibri, with supplier-reported qualification and deliveries.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Reconnaissance aircraftFrance

Spy'Ranger 330 / SMDR

French Army reconnaissance aircraft with documented deliveries, deployed use and a versioned military type certificate.

In service / use documentedRead
Air · Drone / systemFrance

AAROK

French privately developed MALE UAV programme aimed at reconnaissance, maritime surveillance and multirole missions.

Development / trialsRead
Air · Drone / systemFrance

Airbus U050 Capa-X

Modular French tactical UAV with a September 2026 order for Army and Navy evaluations and delivery planned in 2027.

Order / production commitmentRead
Air · Drone / systemFrance

Delair DT46

Convertible French reconnaissance aircraft offered in VTOL and conventional fixed-wing configurations with different mass and endurance.

In service / use documentedRead
Air · Drone / systemFrance / Italy / Sweden / Spain / Greece / Switzerland

nEUROn demonstrator

European uncrewed combat-aircraft technology demonstrator, explicitly intended for research rather than operational missions.

Development / trialsRead
Air · Drone / systemFrance / Germany

Patroller

French tactical reconnaissance UAV with German Stemme airframe heritage; France's procurement programme was abandoned after delays.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Drone / systemFrance

Airbus U070 / VSR700

Ship-capable uncrewed helicopter ordered for the French Navy, now marketed as Airbus U070.

Order / production commitmentRead
Air · Drone / systemGermany / France / Italy / Spain

Eurodrone

A European medium-altitude, long-endurance programme led by Airbus with Dassault Aviation and Leonardo. Its significance includes industrial cooperation and sovereign mission-system integration.

Development / trialsRead