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Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

Country Producer Type NameIOC
Year
Comment
Austria Siebel TUAV Camcopter VTOL (helicopter) UAV.
Belgium MBLE TUAV Epervier 1976 Last (Asmodée version) produced 1988; no longer in service.
Czech Rep. Czech Air force TUAV Sojka 1995 Also marketed by AviaTronic (Hungary).
France Sagem TUAV Crecerelle 1994 No longer in production; being replaced by Sperwer.
Sagem TUAV Sperwer Improved export version of Crecelle; named SDTI in France.
Sagem TUAV Sperwer HV - High-speed UAV developed 2001 from Sperwer.
Sagem MALE Sperwer LE - Developed 2001 from Sperwer.
Sagem mini TMD-3 -
EADS/CAC TUAV Fox Not acquired by France; only for export.
EADS MALE Eagle-1 (2007) Version of IAI (Israel) Heron UAV with EADS sensors.
EADS MALE Eagle-2 Developed in cooperation with IAI (Israel) from Heron/Eagle-1; probably version of Heron-2 with EADS sensors.
EADS/Dassault MALE EuroMale Developed in cooperation with IAI (Israel) from IAI Heron.
EADS/Guimbal TUAV Orka-1200 VTOL helicopter UAV based on G-2 Cabri light helicopter.
EADS mini Scorpio-30 VTOL UAV.
EADS micro Scorpio-6 VTOL UAV.
Germany EMT TUAV LUNA 2000 Also named LUNA X-2000
EMT Micro Aladin (2004)
EMT Micro Mikado
EMT Micro Fancopter VTOL Micro
EMT MALE X-13 Being developed.
EADS/R&S Euro Hawk (2009) Version of NG (USA) Global Hawk with German SIGINT sensors.
Diehl MALE RQ-1B Plan for production of GA (USA) RQ-1B Predator in Germany if ordered by German armed forces.
Rheinmetall TUAV KZO 2005
Rheinmetall TUAV Tucan Designed for export; status uncertain.
Rheinmetall UCAV Taifun UAV with secondary one-way attack drone; developped from KZO and further developed to TARES
Rheinmetall UCAV TARES UAV with secondary one-way attack role; being developed.
Dornier (EADS) TUAV SEAMOS VTOL UAV; development cancelled.
Greece HAI/KETA TUAV Pegasus (2003)
HAI/KETA TUAV Pegasus-2 2005 Modification of Pegasus.
HAI/Northrop TUAV TELAMON - Joint development with Northrop (USA); based on US Chickar-3 target drone; development cancelled.
3 Sigma (EADS) TUAV Nearchos
3 Sigma (EADS) TUAV Iris
3 Sigma (EADS) TUAV Alkyon
3 Sigma (EADS) TUAV Perseas
Italy Meteor (Finmeccanica) TUAV Mirach-20 Developed from target drone.
Meteor (Finmeccanica) TUAV Mirach-26
Meteor (Finmeccanica) TUAV Mirach-150 Developed from Mirach-100 target drone.
Meteor (Finmeccanica) TUAV Nibbio Developed from Mirach-150.
Meteor (Finmeccanica) MALE Mirach-2000 Being developed.
Galileo (Finmeccanica) TUAV Falco
Alenia (Finmeccanica) MALE Sky-X Technology demonstrator for MALE/UCAV; also named SkyLynx; first flown 2005.
Alenia (Finmeccanica) MALE Sky-Y Technology demonstrator; first flown 2007; probably to be integrated in Dassault/Alenia/Saab MALE programme.
Alenia (Finmeccanica) HALE Molynx In development since 2006.
Netherlands Private Micro Delfly Technology demonstrator.
Sweden CybAero TUAVApidVTOL (helicopter) UAV, No longer in production?
Saab TUAV Skeldar V-150 (2007) VTOL (helicopter) UAV
Turkiye
BaykarHALEAkinci
HALEAksungur
MALEAnka
BaykarTUAVBaykar
BaykarTUAVBayraktar Mini
BaykarTUAVBayraktar TB2
TUAVKarayel-SU
BaykarUCAVKizilelma MIUS
UK BAE TUAV Phoenix (1995) No longer in production.
BAE MALE Herti-1A Developed for military and civilian use; based on (Poland) powered glider airframe.
BAE UCAV
BAE UCAV Taranis
transnational
AirbusMALE RPAS UCAVHeron
France/
Germany/
Italy/
Spain
MALE RPAS UCAVMALE RPAS
Belgium?/
France/
Spain
Neuron UCAV Neuron Technology demonstrator development program; Belgium may join.
France/
Germany
TUAV CL-289 1992 Produced in cooperation with Canadair (Canada); UAV produced in Canada and Germany; sensors produced in France.
France/
Germany/
Spain
EADS HALE AUAV In development.
France/
Italy
EADS MALE Surveyor In development; fast UAV based on Meteor (Italy) Mirach-100 target drone; possibility to act as UCAV.
France/
Italy/
Sweden
Dassault
Alenia (Finmeccanica)
Saab
MALE ? Development agreed 2007; based on Neuron.
Germany/
Spain
EADS UCAV Barracuda Technology demonstrator development program.
France/
UK
ThalesHALEWatchkeeper2011Europe's largest UAV based ISTAR system





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