Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle - Current Models

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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