Compendium of Drones
Armada International’s A160T Hummingbird
Payload:
10.97
Boeing
2540
Bateleur
30
24
1x 572 hp P&WC PW207D
15
1000
Dragon Eye RQ-14A
25
24
1x Rotax 914 or Subaru EA-82T
Aeronautics
t-o/recov: vtol
40
10
Bird Eye 400
200 kg
Denel Argos or Goshawk/Avitronics elint or Sar
4.00
1.00
IAI Malat
n/a
5.60
n/a
Eagle 1/Harfang
Payload:
Payload:
15
1x Rotax 100 hp 970
Killer Bee KB4 Block II
33
1360 kg
Patroller
Hermes 1500
300 kg
Predator C Avenger
30+
1x 115 hp Rotax 914F
1496
KZO
20.11
General Atomics
7167
Scaneagle
53
4,800lbt PW54B
n/a
*internal, 2948kg tot, Lynx sar, EO/IR turret, wide range of GBUs
3.05
1x 1.5 hp 2-stroke
Shadow 600
16
n/a
Stabilised day or IR
15
7.47
265
Sojka III
17
12+
1x UEL AR 801 50 hp
4.50
UEL AR 74-1230 145 13.00
Vulture
4+
n/a
20 kg
Gimballed EO/IR (various manufacturers)
Payload:
5.21
11.50 3.50
125
16
3.00
n/a
Yakovlev Design Bureau
130
Predator XP
8.20
2.00
12
9.00
Payload:
2.20 4.00
Global Hawk RQ-4 Block 30
50 kg
30
200
Euro Hawk
18
6.00
Payload:
Northrop Grumman
14628 60
Heron
Payload:
1100
Luna
30
50
1x Rotax 914 115 hp
n/a
EMT
2-cyl 2-s 6.70 hp <40
Penguin B
10
3.3
204 kg
UAV Factory
4127
65
Puma AE
15
Payload:
26
IAI Malat Mantis
n/a
CCD camera (various manufs) Athena Guidestar 311 system
4650
45
36
2300
Scout
25
Aerovironment
Payload:
n/a
Gimballed EO/IR
0.80 0.80
5.9
BAE Systems
n/a
Pelicano
10 kg*
Searcher II
50
Payload:
8.56
Datron
1.30
Silver Fox
Payload:
2.38
4-cycle JP5 or FP8 9.1
Sperwer Mk 2
16
10
4.20
250
Wasp III
15
20
1x 70 hp 2-str
50 kg
EO, Sar, elint, comint. Modified structure for Robonics cat. launch
Payload:
n/a
19
Payload:
Indra
200
R90
~500 gr
11+
Payload:
Inta
300
Spy Arrow
12
6.50
Payload:
Thales
<1.00
Watchkeeper
low
0.50
Compendium Drones 2012
0.32
10
t-o/recov: hand-belly
U-Tacs
450
15
30
Selex Galileo
450
Gray Eagle MQ.1C
15
14
Denel
280
Skeldar V-200
40 kg
18
10
1633
Hunter MQ-5B
29
30
UEL AR 801 38.8 kW t-o/recov: conv-conv
n/a
885
Mass
18
20.5
1x 300W type n/a
Pioneer
low 1.00+
210
Ranger
Payload:
T-20
13 ~6.00
40 kg
1x Goebler-Hirth 38 hp 274
5.26
X-47B (Ucas-D)
demonstrator
75
n/a
14.8 5.00
16
190-cc 10 hp Honda 4-str
Payload:
2040 kg
18.90
n/a
Skylark I
8.00
Compendium Drones 2012
20,215 40
40+
Falco Evo
25
1.5
Payload:
Selex Galileo
650
Hermes 90
20
18+
T-Hawk Mav
14 hp 2-stroke
Elbit Systems
110
Integrator
15
15+
6.80 10.50 0.70
2-stroke 3W engine 4 hp
100 kg
n/a
Day or IR gyro-gimballed, new-gen night system
0.45 kg
Boeing/Insitu
59
Neptune RQ-15
Payload:
10
Northrop Grumman
1430
Hermes 180
20
8.00
6.00
Elbit Systems
1x UEL 38 hp 195
I-View
15
10
1x 15 hp 2-stroke 62
Pointer
8.00 4.00
3.60
Raven RQ-11
0.6+ 1.00
0.90 kg
Neuron
20
1.82
Sentry HP
14
n/a
~6000 35
Skylark II
6.00
9.1 kg
17
General Atomics
1157
Remoeye 006
25
40
Payload:
35
Tipchak (1K133)
15
Payload:
8 kg
Ucon
6.00
Shadow 200 RQ-7B
Zala 421-12
Hirth 12 hp 4.00
1x UEL AR 741 38 hp 170
15
6.00+
n/a
Zala Aero
Compendium Drones 2012
3.90 1.00
Tracker (Drac)
2.00
5200
Orbiter
23
30
1x Rotax 914F 115 hp
Payload:
Aeronautics
204 kg
6.50
Predator B, Reaper MQ-9
18
2-stroke horsepower turboprop Rotax engine
elec gas s/b -cyl
electric engine gasoline engine solid booster -cylinder
t-o/recov: cat-para
3.00
Payload: 10.36
General Atomics
4763
Remoeye 015
50
30+
1x Ase TPE33110T tp
363 kg
Lynx sar, L-3 Wescam EO/IR, sigint, ESM, Hellfire, GBU-12, GBU-38 (export: ISR only) t-o/recov: conv-conv
Payload:
n/a
Day or IR
1.80
n/a
Ucon
n/a
t-o/recov: conv-conv
4.00
Payload:
3.82
AAI
Sky-X
204 kg*
*internal, 136 ext, Lynx sar, sigint, ESM, MTS-A EO/IR
201
12
5.00
Alenia
1100 30
Viking 400
t-o/recov: conv-conv
n/a
Payload:
6.50 2.00
tf tj pj h
turbo fan turbo jet pulse jet heavy fuel
L-3
take-off/recovery abbreviations conv conventional rato rocket-assist t-o hand hand launched cat catapult vtol vertical t-o/land para parachute stovl short t-o vertical land belly belly land
Compendium Drones 2012
240
n/a
34 kg
Flir (typical), also sigint, elint,ladar
4.48 6.00
t-o/recov: handbelly
200 kg
Not defined, Athena Guidestar 311 nav. & ref. 1 turbine system
~7.00 ~6.00
t-o/recov: conv-conv
1x UEL AR 741 38 hp t-o/recov: conv-conv
Payload:
demonstrator
30 kg
EO/IR (various manufacturers)
5.00
t-o/recov: conv/cat/ rato-para
1.8 kg
15
Shadow 400
27.3 kg
Tamam EO/IR Athena Guidestar 211e system
powerplant abbreviations 2-str hp tp Rx
1.2 kg
High-resolution stabilised CCD (Controp)
20.12
n/a
Day or IR
1x electric 7.50
t-o/recov: vtol
12+
2.20
t-o/recov: conv-conv
Payload:
EADS
2700 kg
1500hp T5317A1
1.00
3.60
1.00 kg
t-o/recov: cat-para
25
1.40
t-o/recov: cat-para
Payload:
1043
t-o/recov: conv-conv
Payload:
Lockeed Martin-Kaman
MTS-A EO/IR, Lynx sar, singint, esm, GPS, INS, Hellfire
Payload: 8.00
General Atomics
Electric t-o/recov: conv-conv
20
brushless
Payload:
Sky Warrior Alpha
Day or IR
0.62
20
n/a
Dcompass + Amps (Elbit), Sar, satcom
15.8
t-o/recov: hand-belly
n/a 1.50+
3.75
AAI
t-o/recov: conv/conv
3.20
17
TV, IR, targeting laser (Vega)
3.40
70
449
15.8
n/a
Payload:
t-o/recov: cat
5.00
2.40
50
Elbit Systems
1x UEL AR-801 52 hp
K-Max
30 kg
536 kg
Gimballed multiEO/IR, Sar, satcom +2 hardpoints
Payload:
10.52
Day or IR
n/a
Elbit Systems
1x Rotax 914 115 hp
1.55
t-o/recov: conv-conv /para
Stabilised EO not defined
4.20
40.00
6-cyl Lycoming ~300 hp
6.10
t-o/recov: conv-conv
Payload:
4.27
1x 2-stroke 28 hp
30
n/a
Various
n/a
Luch 5 kg
10
2268
Hermes 450
n/a
t-o/recov: conv-conv
8.23
t-o/recov: hand-belly
1.50
Payload:
150
Payload:
Northrop Grumman
Radar, IR plus guided bombs in two internal bays
n/a
n/a
t-o/recov: cat-belly
2.50
10.36
2.72
2.57
DRS Technologies
Firebird
t-o/recov: cat-para
8.00
9.30
Predator A MQ-1
t-o/recov: hand-belly
Payload:
Aerovironment
3.20 1.00
19.81
EO/IR laser desig, GMTI UK: Athena Guidestar 411 system
Payload:
demonstrator
t-o/recov: cat/bellypara
EO, IR
1.04
Payload:
1x Adour
Payload:
1x electric
Neuron
250
12.50
CCD camera or IR
1.80
Aerovironment
9 kg
IR or TV or droppable
1.83
DRS Technologies
IAI Malat
t-o/recov: cat-net
Colour day or IR
0.82
Lockheed Martin
t-o/recov: vtol
Payload:
14
16hp 2-stroke Hirth
1x electric
Mosp EO or EL/M-2055B
4.10
34 kg
1.31
n/a
Payload: 4.43
t-o/recov: cat-snag
24
1.60
6.00
20
1x R-R 250C20W
20
Desert Hawk
t-o/recov: cartop conv
Payload:
100
n/a
Payload:
3.98
30
23 kg
n/a
1A recon or weather sample 1D geophysical survey
EO, IR, laser designator, Sar, GMTI, radar
7.10
1.83
t-o/recov: vtol
EO
2.47
n/a 4.00
QA400, 37cc 2.5 hp
7.01
1.31
Sony FCB-IX11A EO, DRS E3500 IR cameras
0.33
Nostromo Defensa
25
Fire Scout MQ-8B
t-o/recov: conv/catconv
Payload:
6 hp t-o/recov: conv-conv
25 kg
infrared, marker
2.10
Dara Aviation
t-o/recov: conv-conv
Payload:
t-o/recov: cat-conv
Payload:
Yarara
3.28
8.22
Elbit Enhanced Micro Compass
4.00
t-o/recov: conv-conv
2.00
0.40
Honeywell
UEL AR 682 75 hp
2.70
n/a
Payload:
16
100 kg
EO/IR, Sar, EW, comint
6.2
3.6
Northrop Grumman
Payload: 1.75
t-o/recov: air-expendable
12.5
t-o/recov: conv-conv
16
2.20
4.5
D-1A SR
1.90
P&W F100
Northrop Grumman
6.4
n/a
t-o/recov: cat-belly
EO, IR, Sar, GMTI, ESM, IO
11.58
BAE Systems
Payload:
EO/IR, sar, sigint, weapons option
1.90
t-o/recov: vtol
n/a 0.50
8 hp
15
Denel
6.00
1x Aveox 27
Payload:
Elbit Systems 16 kg
n/a
EO & Sar
10
n/a
Sony day or BAE uncooled IR
1.75
t-o/recov: hand-belly
Payload:
Seeker 400
t-o/recov: vtol
Cloud Cap T2 EO, Cloud Cap Piccolo autopilot, two drop loads
0.50 kg
EO, IR (IAI Tamam)
4.60
n/a
Payload: 2.87
Arcturus
6.50
0.75
Payload:
1x 27 hp Sachs SF2t-o/recov:conv/rato350 conv
5.50
2-str Hirth 55 hp 230
15
Selex Galileo
t-o/recov: hand-belly
0.90
t-o/recov: conv-conv
Payload:
5.12
low
Bat 12
1.5 kg
1x electric
4.80
TV & flir (IAI Tamam, Versatron)
4.24
IAI-AAI
Payload:
Interchangeable top and bottom, IR and day-night
n/a
8 hp
Payload:
3-4
n/a
TV or flir Photon, gas sensors
1.05
Patria
Asio
n/a
5.00
TV & IR (IAI Tamam) 2x 57 hp dual
~3.0
Coyote
Thielert 165 hp heavy fuel t-o/recov: conv-conv
10.44
t-o/recov: convconv/arrestor
EO/IR
204 kg*
Payload:
Northrop Grumman
EMT
t-o/recov: conv/catconv
*internal, 522kg ext, EO/IR, sar, 4 Hellfire, satcom
7.01
Ruag
Colour camera, multi-sensor, electronic survey
70 kg
EOST 45 (typical), Picosar and Gabbiano radars
Payload:
4.70
0.2 kg
n/a
1x 4-cyl 2-stroke 50 hp
4.00
Saab
UEL AR 682 75 hp
8.53
General Atomics
t-o/recov: ratoexpen.
Payload: n/a
t-o/recov: hand-belly
Payload:
10.51
1.00
n/a 0.50
.25 kg
Payload:
5.70
1x Enics M44D pulse jet
7.00
EO plus I-Master radar
6.10
n/a
Aerovironment
n/a
Seeker II
120 kg
Day or IR, autopilot.
n/a
Day, IR
XM300/ 400ES
0.40
t-o/recov: cat-para
Enics
conv/para
0.66
~35 kg
Payload:
Rotax 503 UL-2V 49.6 hp t-o/recov: conv/cat-
0.60
1
5.30
2.56
CCD, IR stabilised turret
4.02
9
7.20
t-o/recov: auto vtol
6+
1.42
t-o/recov: conv-conv
16
5.81
t-o/recov: cat-para
Video, IR
0.28
426
Siva
t-o/recov: cat-para
Payload: 3.50
Sagem
2.7 kg
Colour & CCD cameras, flir
1.46
BAE Systems
IAI Malat
n/a
EO/IR, soon Sar, sigint
1x 73 hp t-o/recov: auto vtol
1500 0.33
Falco
t-o/recov: conv-conv
24
3.30
TV & flir (IAI Tamam)
5.85
<2
n/a
1x electric
t-o/recov: hand-belly
1.50
4.00
t-o/recov: handbelly
500 2.00
Selex Galileo
2x R-R 250 tp
600W
t-o/recov: conv-conv
40
Payload:
Stabilised pan and tilt day/night colour or IR
1.7
t-o/recov: conv-conv
2 x EO, Sar
n/a
turbo
General Atomics
14
Hirth 2-str 55 hp
Payload:
2.80
18
0.45
22
Gimballed EO, IR
1.40
1x 1200 hp P&WC PT6-67A
245 kg
TV & IR, custom (IAI Tamam, various)
Payload:
demonstrator
t-o/recov: conv-conv
>20
200
Crex-B
t-o/recov: conv-conv
168+
2.5hp Honda 21.5
450 kg
Payload:
Day or IR
0.60
Zanzottera 2-piston 490ia t-o/recov: conv-conv 38 hp
17.07
14
t-o/recov: conv-conv
Payload:
Payload:
Heron TP
*incl fuel, modular pallet
2.27
Aeronautics
t-o/recov: conv-conv
EO or EW
25.4
Aerovironment
t-o/recov: cat-para
4.00
30+
1360 kg
Sigint, elint, comint, satcom, Sar MTI, +4 hardpoints
Aladin
1.46
Fuel Cell 8 motors
n/a
Payload: 2.26
50 kg
50 kg
6.50
78.94
TV & IR, custom (IAI Tamam)
16.61
14,628 60
Global Observer GO-2
1360 kg
t-o/recov: conv-conv
36
8.60
IAI Malat
Eurohawk
1x R-R AE3007H
Payload:
Stabilised EO
4.50
t-o/recov: vtol
Payload: 14.53 39.90
EISS (integrated sar, EO + IR), Asips (sigint), 1xRR AE30007 H satcom
14.53
Austro AE50R
Aerostar
t-o/recov: hand-belly
Payload:
Schiebel
8 kg
H-Type 42 cc EFI
5 kg
Various stabilised EO-IR Blos imagery meteo sensors
Day, IR, elint, comint, laser, rangefinder, 1x 55 hp laser pointer, Sar
3.09
t-o/recov: handbelly
1.00
39.9
Samana/ Trud P-032 32 hp t-o/recov: cat-conv Payload:
17
15
3.40
Infrared, Mpeg recorder
0.82
Cyberflight
Schrick SF2-350S t-o/recov: rato-para
Lynx sar, Sigint, ESM, EO/IR, satcom, GPS, Rotax 914 INS
8
15.20
Camcopter S-100
3 kg
t-o/recov: cat-para
4.17
TV or LLTV or elint
1x TTLWae 342
ATE
6.80
E-Swift Eye
t-o/recov: conv-conv
Flir Rheinmetall Defence 1x 30 hp Electronics
3.26
t-o/recov: cat-para
Optronic day sight (M-Tek)
3.11
n/a
Payload:
t-o/recov: conv/cat/ rato-conv Payload:
3.81
VTULaSTV
24
2x Rotax 914 100 hp
2.77
t-o/recov: cat-cable
Payload:
AAI
Mission Technologies
4x
Micro-flir, CCTV (various manufacturers)
5.18
161
Pchela 1
t-o/recov: conv-conv
Payload:
18
Payload:
t-o/recov: conv-conv
Payload:
t-o/recov: conv-conv
20
1.19
Boeing
25
2.26
Rheinmetall
Sagem 410 Sar auto land and take-off
Payload: 1588 kg* 13.4
tf
Payload:
t-o/recov: cat-net
12
1360 kg
EM, TV, Sar (various manufacturers)
3.41
18
25
36
9.39
Elbit Systems
9 kg
Payload:
1050
65
AAI-Aerosonde
Day/night, Sar, acoustic, remote relay link
1.83
t-o/recov: conv-conv
Block 20: sar, EO+IR wide area search/spot. Block 40: 1x R-R MR-RTIP sar/ AE3007 H MTI radar
15
EO/IR turret
8.50
Sagem
24
2.90
1x electric
Payload:
Northrop Grumman 14,628
20 hp 15
25
14.53
3.75
104
5.00
1.00
39.90
EO gimbal, SarGMTI (Elbit), satcom, air-toground weapons
Payload:
1150
Global Hawk RQ-4B Bk 20-40
t-o/recov: conv-conv
40
1.92
Raytheon
250 kg
EO or EW
1x Rotax 914 115 hp
Payload: 2.10
n/a t-o/recov: hand or cat-belly
1.00
Aerosonde Mk 4
18 kg
t-o/recov: conv-conv
1.02
4.00
EADS-IAI Malat
t-o/recov: conv-conv
36
15
Elbit Systems
Buster LE
15
n/a
360 degree MFAS aesa radar, 1xRR AE30007 H satcom etc
39.9
Hermes 900
n/a
70.31
2.20
t-o/recov: hand-belly
Payload:
14628 60
Israel Aerospace Industries
16.3
14.53
Northrop Grumman
4.48
Day or IR
2 x Aveox 1005/6Y
Global Hawk BAMS
Payload:
Cots EO (manufacturer not determined)
n/a
n/a
Payload:
1.16
2.04 1.00
Aerosky
t-o/recov: cat-para
0.80
t-o/recov: conv-conv
Payload:
Aerovironment
8 kg
8 hp n/a
Day TV
1.73
Payload:
Hi-resolution CCD or night camera
2.56 4.00
Payload: 10
Denel
Aerolight
300 kg
Sar, EO/IR
10.67
12
Zanzottera 498i 39 hp t-o/recov: conv-conv
turbine Electric or t-prop engine motor
piston engine
Wankel engine