SKAT 350 M
A Russian reconnaissance drone marketed by Kalashnikov and presented to the Russian Ministry of Defence.
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STING
A Ukrainian interceptor family from Wild Hornets, listed by the government-backed Brave1 Market with day/night and digital configurations.
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Supercam S350
A fixed-wing surveillance family with civilian and military applications. Current Russian and English manufacturer tables disagree on maximum take-off mass.
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UJ-22 Airborne
A Ukrainian multipurpose unmanned aircraft publicly presented by Ukrjet in 2021. It is distinct from the company’s jet-powered and later numbered systems.
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Vampire
A reusable Ukrainian heavy hexacopter, codified and procured by the Ministry of Defence.
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WZ-7
A Chinese high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft publicly described by the Ministry of National Defense and independently recorded by Japan’s Ministry of Defense.
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ZALA Z-16 / 421-16E
An electric Russian reconnaissance aircraft identified in GUR’s catalogue as Z-16 (421-16E). The ZALA family also contains several differently configured aircraft.
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Defence drone classes explained: small reconnaissance, tactical ISR, MALE and HALE
Understand the difference between an aircraft's weight class, its reconnaissance role and its endurance category—and why NATO classes and US groups are not interchangeable.
Reviewed 20 Sept 20266 min read
EO/IR, radar and sensor fusion explained
What visible cameras, thermal imagers and radar actually measure, why their information differs, and what combining sensors can—and cannot—establish.
Reviewed 20 Sept 20266 min read
How to read defence drone contracts: ceilings, options, orders and deliveries
A large announcement is only one stage of a programme. Learn to distinguish possible sales, framework values, funded orders, deliveries and operational milestones.
Reviewed 20 Sept 20266 min read
Ukraine and France put jet-powered drone threats on the agenda
The talks put interceptor cost and adaptation to faster drone threats at the centre of bilateral cooperation.
Source: 18 Sept 2026Read
British Army puts eight-drone swarm testbed into operator trials
The useful milestone is sustained soldier experimentation with collective control, which can expose practical limits before larger purchases.
Source: 16 Sept 2026Read