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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.

17 entries

Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleFrance

Exail A18-M / SLAM-F derivative

A medium military AUV with a separately contracted extended French SLAM-F configuration.

Order / production commitmentRead
Underwater · Autonomous underwater vehicleFrance

Exail A9-M

A portable autonomous survey vehicle for mine detection and environmental assessment.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Sea surface · Uncrewed surface vesselFrance / Belgium

Exail Inspector 125

A larger mine-countermeasure drone carrier with confirmed first Belgian–Dutch toolbox delivery in 2026.

In service / use documentedRead
Sea surface · Uncrewed surface vesselFrance

Exail Inspector 90

A nine-metre-class surface drone carrier for survey, surveillance and mine-countermeasure payloads.

Supplier-reported statusRead
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
Sea surface · Uncrewed surface vesselFrance

Seaquest-S 930

A compact French surface vessel for maritime observation, protection and modular mission demonstrations.

Development / trialsRead
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
Sea surface · Sea surface systemsFrance

Exail DriX H-8

A slender autonomous survey vessel used for civil and military ocean data collection, including a documented French Shom delivery.

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