Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Modular observation and other intelligence payloads
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Skyeton
- Origin / production countries
- Ukraine
- Other names
- ACS-3; Raybird-3
- Variants / configurations
- Raybird current baseline; Historical Raybird-3 specifications differ
- Operators / programme customers
- Ukraine — manufacturer-reported military use
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 long-endurance tactical reconnaissance family also known as ACS-3. Skyeton’s current Raybird page describes a 23 kg aircraft with modular payloads.
The current website differs from older Raybird-3 brochures. Its headline flight distance is not the same as datalink reach, and listed maximum payload and endurance should not be assumed simultaneous. Skyeton’s 2026 news describes further payload development. This entry covers the public baseline; no hydrogen or other derivative is assigned the baseline’s figures without its own data sheet.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Fixed-wing tactical reconnaissance aircraft | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. 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 | 2.96–4.2 m wingspan, depending on configuration | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Mass | 23 kg MTOW | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Up to 24 h | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Range | 2,500 km maximum flight distance; 200+ km datalink | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Speed | 80 / 110 / 140 km/h listed; operating condition should be confirmed | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Altitude | 5,500 m maximum flight altitude | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Up to 6 kg | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | Modular observation and other intelligence payloads | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Communications / navigation | Long-range telemetry and automated flight functions | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Expanded catalogue profile with sourced specifications, variant distinctions, programme evidence and explicit public data gaps.
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