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THE SYSTEM FILES

Find the system. Understand its role.

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

Air. Land. Sea. Underwater.

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Domains describe where the vehicle operates. Remote control and autonomous operation are identified separately in each profile. Adjacent support systems →

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.

408 entries

Underwater · Underwater systemsAustralia

Ghost Shark

Australia's extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle programme, progressing from prototypes into contracted production.

Order / production commitmentRead
Land · Land systemsTürkiye

BARKAN ground vehicle family

Turkish modular ground-robot family with supplier-documented military use, series production and a newer BARKAN 3 configuration.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsNorway

HUGIN Endurance

A large AUV designed for long autonomous survey deployments from shore or a support vessel.

Order / production commitmentRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsNorway

HUGIN Superior

A deep-water survey AUV combining synthetic-aperture sonar with a broad environmental sensor suite.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Land · Land systemsSouth Korea

HR-Sherpa

South Korean electric ground-robot family with military trial deliveries and multiple generations of subsequent development.

Development / trialsRead
Land · Land systemsIsrael

REX ground vehicle family

Israeli hybrid-electric infantry-support robot family; current MK III marketing contains unresolved payload and range inconsistencies.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Sea surface · Sea surface systemsUkraine / United Kingdom / Portugal

MAGURA V5 / V6P / V7 / MV7

A Ukrainian-origin surface-drone family with documented wartime use, followed by internationally developed MV7 configurations.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Underwater systemsUnited States

Manta Ray

An extra-large underwater technology demonstrator exploring long-duration autonomous operations.

Development / trialsRead
Land · Land systemsRussia

Marker ground robotics programme

Russian wheeled and tracked robotics research platform; supplier demonstrations do not establish a widely deployed military fleet.

Development / trialsRead
Sea surface · Sea surface systemsTürkiye

ASELSAN / Sefine MARLIN

A Turkish modular naval USV with documented entry into the Navy inventory and several separately advertised mission variants.

In service / use documentedRead
Land · Land systemsRussia

MGR-4 Shmel

Russian remotely operated demining machine derived from a commercial compact loader, with use reported by the manufacturer group.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Land · Land systemsEstonia

THeMIS

Estonian tracked hybrid ground-robot family spanning logistics, evacuation, observation and mission-specific equipment integrations.

In service / use documentedRead