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THE SYSTEM FILES

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

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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

Air · Loitering munitionAustralia

Innovaero OWL-B

Australian electric loitering aircraft under an ASCA delivery-phase contract with official exercise evidence.

Order / production commitmentRead
Air · Multirole aircraftFinland / Ukraine

Insta Steel Eagle ER

Finnish/Ukrainian defence-drone integration with disclosed partner roles but limited public air-vehicle specifications.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Multirole aircraftSaudi Arabia / Brazil

Samoom

Saudi twin-engine surveillance aircraft development with a reported Brazilian design partner; exhibition models and historical first-flight forecasts do not establish operational service.

Development / trialsRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleCanada

ISE Explorer

A modular Canadian survey AUV family with delivered scientific and commercial vehicles and defence-funded docking development.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleCanada

ISE Theseus

A historical Canadian defence AUV built for under-ice cable-laying research and subsequently placed in storage.

In service / use documentedRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleUnited States

L3Harris Iver4 580

A smaller modular Iver AUV with a distinct five-point-eight-inch hull and a dated 2025 specification baseline.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleUnited States

L3Harris Iver4 900

A modular, nine-inch-class AUV selected for a US submarine launch-and-recovery development programme.

Order / production commitmentRead
Sea surface · Uncrewed surface vesselChina

JARI small USV

The smaller JARI surface-vessel development, launched in 2019 and distinct from the later large Orca.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Sea surface · Uncrewed surface vesselChina

JARI-USV-A Orca

A large Chinese uncrewed surface-vessel programme publicly displayed in November 2024.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Concept aircraftUnited Arab Emirates

Concept / announced

JENIAH

Emirati uncrewed combat-aircraft programme with a published design baseline; exhibition and product material do not establish operational acceptance.

Concept / announcedRead
Air · Reconnaissance aircraftSouth Korea

KAI Next Corps UAV

KAI's next-generation corps-level surveillance programme, with manufacturer dimensions but incomplete published performance fields.

Development / trialsRead
Air · Reconnaissance aircraftRussia

Kalashnikov Goliath family

Russian compact copter family marketed for reconnaissance, including the Goliath-RU designation shown in September 2026.

Supplier-reported statusRead