- Domain
- Air
- NCF capability
- Intelligence
- Military Balance category
- Intelligence
- SIPRI category
- Aircraft
- Evidence that places a platform here
- unmanned aerial · \bUAVs?\b · \bUAS\b · drone · unmanned aircraft · RPAS · RQ-\d · reconnaissance (UAV|drone) · remotely piloted
The 24 nations
None, legacy only, modern, or modern and on order. Modern: in service from 1995, or the current generations of fighters, tanks, submarines and long-range air defence.
United StatesModern · 17United KingdomModern · 5AustraliaModern · 6FranceModern and on order · 6GermanyModern · 9JapanModern · 3South KoreaModern · 6CanadaModern · 4ItalyModern · 11IndiaModern · 7TürkiyeModern · 11Saudi ArabiaModern · 7BrazilModern · 3IndonesiaModern and on order · 10MexicoModern · 1ArgentinaLegacy only · 2South AfricaModern · 6RussiaModern · 14ChinaModern · 8IsraelModern · 4UkraineModern and on order · 17TaiwanModern and on order · 6IranModern · 7North KoreaLegacy only · 3
Generation timeline
Each platform from its first flight or launch to today, the 40 most operated, earliest in service first. Grey is development and, after the lead operator retires it, the years other nations keep it; colour is service.
- Development, from first flight or launch
- In service, from first deployment
- After its lead operator retires it, still held elsewhere
- Today
- Flag beside the name: the home country
Dates from Wikidata: first flights or launches for 17 of these 40, retirements for 0. A bar without grey at its start has no first flight recorded.
Platforms
Ranked by the number of the 24 nations that hold each.
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only isr uav in colour.
United States RQ-11 Raven 5,000, AAI RQ-7 Shadow RQ-7B 500, MQ-1C Gray Eagle 180
United Kingdom AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma 90, AeroVironment Wasp III 36, Watchkeeper WK450 13
Australia AAI RQ-7 Shadow 10, Schiebel Camcopter S-100 6, Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton 3
France Parrot ANAFI 2,000, Black Hornet Nano 383, Thales Spy'Ranger 70
Germany EMT Aladin 290, EMT Luna X-2000 81, DJI Matrice series 60
Japan Honeywell RQ-16 T-Hawk 20, Yamaha R-MAX 6, Boeing Insitu MQ-27 ScanEagle 1
South Korea Korea Aerospace Industries RQ-101 Songgolmae RQ-101 4, Schiebel Camcopter S-100 3, Searcher II 2
Canada RQ-11 Raven 15, RQ-21 Blackjack 10, Black Hornet Nano 3
Italy RQ-11 Raven 36, AAI RQ-7 Shadow 16, Boeing Insitu MQ-27 ScanEagle – 10
India DRDO Nishant Nishant 13, Heron Mk II 13, Searcher 12
Türkiye STING 13, Searcher 1, AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma –
Saudi Arabia Chengdu Pterodactyl I Pterodactyl Wing Loong II 300, Saqr1 Saqr2 Saqr3 Saqr4 230, CASC Rainbow 20
Brazil Elbit Hermes 450 4, Heron-1 2, Elbit Hermes 900 1
Indonesia CASC Rainbow CH-4B 6, Aeronautics Aerostar Tactical UAS – 4, Searcher 4
Mexico Elbit Hermes 450 3
Argentina DJI Mavic 36, Lipán M3 6
South Africa Vulture 4, Denel Dynamics Seeker 3, CSIR Indiza –
Russia ZALA 421-08 400, Yakovlev Pchela 92, Searcher 12
China Chengdu Pterodactyl I 12, CASC CH-4B 5, GJ-11 Sharp Sword 2
Israel Aeronautics Defense Orbiter –, Elbit Hermes 450 –, Elbit Hermes 900 –
Ukraine EDM4S 110, A1-S Furia –, ADM-160 MALD B –
Taiwan NCSIST Capricorn Unmanned aerial vehicle 210–390, Anduril Altius Unmanned aerial vehicle 204–378, MQ-35 V-BAT 196–364
Iran Ghods Mohajer 210–390, Ghods Saeghe 63–117, Shahed 129 29–55
North Korea Yakovlev Pchela 7–13, Saetbyol-4 –, Saetbyol-9 –