A C-17 Globemaster from the 89th Airlift Squadron, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio can be seen in the background coming in for a landing at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y. on February 10, 2021.

World Drone Comparison

May, 2023

Here is a compilation of loitering munitions, or “Kamikaze drones”, from countries around the world.

The United States

Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk

Photo: Northrop Grumman

ModelLengthWingspanRange SpeedEndurancePayload
R-Q 4 Global Hawk 14.5 m39.8 m22,800 km357 km/h34/h1, 360 kg
MQ-9 Reaper11 m20.1 m1, 850 km444. 48 km/hN/A1, 701 kg
Predator C (MQ-20) Avenger13 m20 m5, 835 km740 km/h20/h2, 948 kg
MQ-5B Hunter7 m8.84 mN/A222 km/h30/hN/A
Northrop Grumman X -47B11.62 m18.9 m3890 kmN/A12/h2000 kg
XQ-58A9 m8.2 m5556 km882 km/hN/A272 kg (internal)/ 272kg (external)
Switchblade 600130 cmN/A40 km185 km/h40/min15 kg
MQ-1C Gray Eagle9 m17 mN/A310 km/h25/h227-262 kg

Turkey

Turkey ‘s Kizilelma

Photo: infodron.es

ModelLengthWingspanRangeSpeedEndurancePayload
Bayraktar TB-26.5 m12 m300 km222 km/h27/h150 kg
Bayraktar TB-38.35 m14 mN/A300 km24/h280 kg
Bayraktar Akinci 12.2 m20 m7,500 km360 km/h24/h1,500 kg
Aksungur11.6 m24 mN/AN/A50/h
Bayraktar DIHA (VTOL)1.5 m5 m150 km150/h12/h5 kg
Kizilelma 14. 7 m10 m930 km900/km5/h1,500 kg

China

China’s Wing-Loong -3

Photo: Forbes/CHINA NEWS SERVICE VIA GETTY IMAGES

ModelLengthWingspanRangeSpeedEndurancePayload
Wing Loong-19 m14 mN/A280 km/h20/h200 kg
Wing Loong-211 m20.54,000 km370 km/h20/h480 kg
Wing Loong-312. 2 m 24 m10,000 km402 km/h40/h2, 300 kg
CASC CH-5 Rainbow11.2 m26 m10,000 km480 km/h60/h1,200 kg
Gonji -11 (GJ-11)11.6514 m4,000 km1000 km/hN/AN/A

Israel

Heron TP. Image Credit: Industry Handout
ModelLengthWingspanRangeSpeedEndurancePayload
Heron TP14 m26 m1000 km220 km/h30/h2,700 kg
Point Blank0.91 m0.8 m10 km186 km/h20/min2 kg
Heron8.5 m16.6 m1000 km111-148 km/h45/h470 kg
Hermes 4506.1 m10.5 m200 km176 km/h17-30/h180 kg
Hermes 900 (aka Kochav)8.315 m9,000 km220 km/h36/h350 kg

Iran

Iran’s Shahed 136

Photo: The Guardian

ModelLengthWingspanRangeSpeedEndurancePayloa
Ababil 34.5 m6.5 m150 km300 km/h8/h1.7 kg
Arash (aka Kian 2)4.5 m4 m2000 km480 km/h30/h30 kg
Fetros8.25 m16 m1700 – 2000 km250 km/h30/hN/A
Kaman 226.5 m17 m3000 kmN/A24/h300 kg
Mohajer 65.67 m10 m2000 km200 km/h12/h40 kg
Shahed 1298 m16 m1700 km 200 km/h24/h400 kg
Shahed 1363.5 m2.5 m2000 km185 km/hN/A50 kg
Shahed 191 (aka Saegheh 2)2.7 m7.31 m1500 km3500 km/h5 /h50 kg
Yasir (aka Qods Yasir/Sayed 2)1.19 m3 m450 km120 km/h8-20/hN/A

France/Europe

France/Europe’s Dassault nEUROn
ModelLengthWingspanRangeSpeedEndurancePayload
Dassault nEUROn9.5 m12.5N/A980 km/hN/AN/A

Russia

The Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik parked alongside two Su-57s. (Photo: Channel One television)
ModelLengthWingspanRangeSpeedEndurancePayload
Sukhoi SU-7011.65 m20 m6,000 km1,400 km/hN/A2,000 kg

Germany and Spain

EADS Barracuda

Photo: JETPHOTOS

ModelLengthWingspanRangeSpeedEndurancePayload
EADS Barracuda8.25 m7.22 m200 km1040 km/h17/h300kg

Australia

A Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat drone. Boeing Australia

Photo: The Drive

ModelLengthWingspanRangeSpeedEndurancePayload
MQ-28 Ghost Bat11.7 m7.3 m3700 km296/h16/hN/A

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