Role & capabilities
- Loitering munition
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Loitering munition
- Developer / manufacturer
- WB GROUP
- Origin / production countries
- Poland
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Baseline WARMATE; WARMATE 3; Larger WARMATE 5–10 / GLADIUS effectors covered separately
- Operators / programme customers
- Polish Armed Forces; Other users identified by WB; complete operator list not established
Evidence & current status
Published performance is supplier-reported and configuration dependent; operational use does not independently validate every specification.
WARMATE is a family of Polish loitering munitions rather than one aircraft with a permanent specification. The baseline design is a compact electric fixed-wing system, while later numbered products differ in size, payload and advertised reach. These distinctions matter when comparing WARMATE with another platform: the smallest legacy model and a contemporary WARMATE 5 are not interchangeable catalogue entries.
WB identifies Polish and overseas military use and describes continued development informed by operational experience. A November 2025 announcement covered 1,000 WARMATE 3 aircraft for customers outside Europe. The June 2026 Polish contracts included additional WARMATE systems alongside FLYEYE and GLADIUS. Procurement announcements establish industrial demand but do not confirm delivery dates for every aircraft.
The baseline specifications below come from WB's Polish product table. That page is internally inconsistent on endurance: its prose gives 70 minutes while its table gives 60. Both are recorded transparently. Updated WARMATE 3 range claims belong to that variant, and the larger GLADIUS effectors have their own profile.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Compact fixed-wing loitering munition | Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous. Source ↗ |
| Launch / recovery | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Propulsion | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | Baseline: 1.6 m span; 1.1 m length | Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous. Source ↗ |
| Mass | Baseline: 5.3 kg MTOW | Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Baseline table: 60 minutes; accompanying prose: 70 minutes | Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous. Source ↗ |
| Range | Baseline: 30 km RLOS | Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous. Source ↗ |
| Speed | Baseline: 80 km/h operating speed | Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous. Source ↗ |
| Altitude | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | Day or night camera configurations | Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous. Source ↗ |
| Communications / navigation | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Added a sourced global catalogue profile with configuration-specific data and explicit evidence limits.
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Follow the evidence
Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.
- Baseline WARMATE product table (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme
- WARMATE 3 contracts, 7 November 2025 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme
- Polish procurement announcement, 1 June 2026 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme