Current Models
- Alenia Aeronautica, Sky-x (TD)
- BAE Taranis intercontinental stealth UCAV (TD)
- Dassault nEUROn stealth UCAV (TD)
- Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO Rustom
- Denel Dynamics : UCAV-TD such as Bateleur (TD)
- EADS Germany & EADS Spain, EADS Barracuda stealth UAV/UCAV (TD)
- Elbit Systems Hermes 450 (see below)
- Israel Aircraft Industries, Eitan
- Israel Aircraft Industries, Harop
- NESCOM Burraq
- Northrop Grumman, X-47A/B (TD for A variant)
- MiG Skat
- AURA UAV
- Various Chinese UCAV concepts have also materialized. WZ-2000, UCAV versions of the Xianglong high altitude are long endurance UAV. Also, dedicated UCAV's Shenyang's Dark Sword (Anjian), and also revealed at Zhuhai 2008 was a model of a stealth strike UCAV with forward swept wings, filling a similar niche to US X-45 called the Warrior Eagle.
- General Atomics Avenger is a long-endurance UCAV, surveillance/reconnaissance/attack, low-observables, first flight 4 April 2009.
- Turkish Aerospace Industries, Anka: Anka was publicized on 16 July 2010.
- Iran has at least 3 UCAV types in production or in development. These are the Karrar, Ra'd and the stealth Sofreh Mahi.
- Armstechno Dulo
Note: Some of these are not aircraft prototypes but technology demonstrators (TD) that are not expected to enter service.
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