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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.

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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.

12 entries

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 · Collaborative aircraftSouth Korea

Korean Air KUS-FX

A compact collaborative-aircraft project shown as a full-size mock-up at ADEX 2025 and discussed as development work in 2026.

Development / trialsRead
Air · Reconnaissance aircraftSouth Korea

Korean Air KUS-VS

A lift-and-cruise VTOL reconnaissance development related to the KUS-FT tactical-aircraft programme.

Development / trialsRead
Air · Reconnaissance aircraftSouth Korea

Korean Air KUS-VT

Korean Air's tiltrotor surveillance development, separately documented from the lift-and-cruise KUS-VS.

Development / trialsRead
Sea surface · Uncrewed surface vesselSouth Korea

Haegeom / Sea Sword family

A South Korean experimental USV family supporting surveillance and subsequent naval development programmes.

Development / trialsRead
Sea surface · Uncrewed surface vesselSouth Korea

Concept / announced

Haegeom-X

A modular surface-vessel concept unveiled in 2025 and associated with South Korea's future uncrewed naval work.

Concept / announcedRead
Land · Land systemsSouth Korea

HR-Sherpa

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

Development / trialsRead
Air · Drone / systemSouth Korea

Korean Air LOWUS

A low-observable collaborative UAV prototype shown at ADEX 2025; the announcement distinguished it from smaller mock-up concepts.

Development / trialsRead
Air · Drone / systemSouth Korea

KUS-FS / MUAV

South Korea's strategic reconnaissance UAV entered the production-aircraft testing phase in 2026, with initial Air Force delivery planned for early 2027.

Order / production commitmentRead
Air · Drone / systemSouth Korea

KUS-FT

A South Korean tactical fixed-wing reconnaissance UAV with documented military operation, automatic flight and short-distance recovery.

In service / use documentedRead
Air · Drone / systemSouth Korea

RQ-101 Songolmae

South Korea's established corps-level reconnaissance UAV, which KAI says entered Republic of Korea Army use in 2001.

In service / use documentedRead