Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Reconnaissance/observation payload; precise configuration not stated
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Special Technology Center (STC)
- Origin / production countries
- Russia
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Orlan-30; distinct from Orlan-10 and Orlan-50
- Operators / programme customers
- Russia — exporter account
Evidence & current status
Status and performance are attributed to the supplier. They do not establish an independently audited fleet size or effectiveness rate.
Role & programme
A Russian tactical reconnaissance aircraft marketed alongside Orlan-10E, with separate programme identity and equipment.
Rosoboronexport describes combat use, while GUR’s current catalogue independently identifies the named programme and associated companies. The reviewed record does not supply a complete numerical table. Orlan-10 dimensions and endurance are therefore not copied into this entry. An export exhibition is evidence of marketing, not proof that a particular foreign customer has taken delivery.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Fixed-wing reconnaissance aircraft | GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test. Source ↗ |
| Launch / recovery | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Propulsion | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Mass | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Range | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Speed | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Altitude | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | Reconnaissance/observation payload; precise configuration not stated | GUR-published assessment or declared specification. A party to the conflict; not an independent performance test. Source ↗ |
| Communications / navigation | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Expanded catalogue profile with sourced specifications, variant distinctions, programme evidence and explicit public data gaps.
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Follow the evidence
Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.
- Ukraine GUR public system record (opens in a new tab)Government intelligence assessment — Ukraine
- Rosoboronexport exhibition and programme statement (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme source