Role & capabilities
- Tactical ISR
- VTOL configurations
- Maritime sensors
- Electronic-warfare integration
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- TEKEVER
- Origin / production countries
- Portugal / United Kingdom
- Other names
- StormShroud — RAF mission configuration
- Variants / configurations
- AR3; AR3 VTOL; AR3 EVO — newer configuration
- Operators / programme customers
- Royal Air Force — StormShroud configuration; Ukraine — supplier-reported AR3 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 tactical fixed-wing drone family used for land and maritime observation. The AR3 is also the aircraft platform behind the RAF's StormShroud electronic-warfare capability.
AR3 is the airframe underlying the RAF StormShroud mission configuration. A service role does not make every marketed payload standard. AR3 EVO is a newer version: its figures should not be copied into a legacy AR3 entry without a dated configuration-specific source.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Fixed-wing / optional VTOL reconnaissance aircraft | Legacy AR3 column in 2025 brochure; AR3 EVO is separately profiled. Source ↗ |
| Launch / recovery | VTOL or pneumatic launch; configuration-specific recovery | Legacy AR3 column in 2025 brochure; AR3 EVO is separately profiled. Source ↗ |
| Propulsion | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | Legacy AR3: 4.2 m span; 1.7 m length | Legacy AR3 column in 2025 brochure; AR3 EVO is separately profiled. Source ↗ |
| Mass | Legacy AR3: 25 kg MTOW | Legacy AR3 column in 2025 brochure; AR3 EVO is separately profiled. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Legacy AR3: 8–16 h, payload dependent | Legacy AR3 column in 2025 brochure; AR3 EVO is separately profiled. Source ↗ |
| Range | Legacy AR3: up to 230 km communications range | Legacy AR3 column in 2025 brochure; AR3 EVO is separately profiled. Source ↗ |
| Speed | Legacy AR3: 85 km/h cruise | Legacy AR3 column in 2025 brochure; AR3 EVO is separately profiled. Source ↗ |
| Altitude | Legacy AR3: 3,600 m ceiling | Legacy AR3 column in 2025 brochure; AR3 EVO is separately profiled. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Legacy AR3: 4 kg | Legacy AR3 column in 2025 brochure; AR3 EVO is separately profiled. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | EO/IR and optional radar payloads | Legacy AR3 column in 2025 brochure; AR3 EVO is separately profiled. 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
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- TEKEVER Ukraine operational milestone (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme source
- TEKEVER RAF StormShroud (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme source
- TEKEVER AR3 / AR3 EVO brochure, 2025 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme source