Loitering Munitions and Target Drones
50 entries in the Loitering Munitions and Target Drones compendium.
Loitering munitionA loitering munition is a self-destructive UAV with a warhead.FPV loitering munitionModified commercial racing drones with explosives for one-way attack.HESA AbabilIranian family of cost-effective, long-range tactical UAVs.Nagastra-1Portable loitering munition for reconnaissance and precision strikes.Beechcraft AQM-37 JayhawkSupersonic target drone simulating ICBM warhead packages for fleet exercises.CM-501Chinese precision-guided missile and loitering munition series by CASIC.Culver CadetAmerican light monoplane adapted as a radio-controlled target drone.QinetiQ BansheeBritish target drone series, originally developed in the 1980s.HESA KarrarIranian jet-powered target drone derived from the MQM-107 Streaker.AUM-N-2 PetrelAir-launched torpedo missile later used as a target drone.TAI ŞimşekTurkish high-speed target drone simulating enemy aircraft and missiles.Beechcraft MQM-107 StreakerReusable target-towing drone for missile and gunnery training.Culver PQ-14 CadetRadio-controlled target drone derived from the Culver LFA Cadet.IAI HaropLoitering munition combining UAV endurance with missile precision.KA3N Gorgon IIIA World War II missile turned postwar research vehicle.NAI CK-1China's first indigenously developed drone, derived from the Soviet La-17.Escadrone PEGAS +Heavier-duty Escadrone model with enhanced payload, range, and field robustness.PTV-N-2 Gorgon IVFirst ramjet-powered winged aircraft to fly in the United States.KSR-5Soviet long-range air-launched cruise missile and anti-ship missile.Composite Engineering BQM-167 SkeeterSubscale aerial target drone operated by the U.S. Air Force.TAI TurnaTurkish target drone used for missile and gunnery training.CTV-N-2 Gorgon IICExperimental drone for guided missile control and homing tests.Rheinmetall FV-014German fixed-wing loitering munition for contested electronic warfare environments.Target droneUnmanned aerial vehicle used for training anti-aircraft crews.Airspeed Queen WaspBritish pilotless target biplane built for RAF and Royal Navy.Spike FireflyMiniature loitering munition for urban warfare against enemies behind cover.Fire ShadowSurface-launched loitering munition with six-hour endurance.Sheshnaag-150Indian swarming one-way attack drone with over 1000 km range.ARSAERO CT 10French target drone reverse-engineered from the German V-1 flying bomb.Feilong (loitering munition)A Chinese loitering munition series with anti-radiation and multi-role variants.IAI Rotem LVTOL quadcopter loitering munition for urban warfare.Beechcraft MQM-61 CardinalA piston-powered target drone used for gunnery and combat training.North American MQM-42Supersonic target drone used for Hawk missile training.IAI HarpyAnti-radar loitering munition for suppression of enemy air defences.Globe KD2G FireflyPulsejet-powered target drone operated by the U.S. Navy from 1947.Qods SaegheIranian recoverable target drone with two guidance variants.Aviolanda AT-21Netherlands' first successfully developed target drone.Beechcraft BQM-126A cancelled subsonic target drone for the U.S. Navy.Culver Model VTwo-seat monoplane with automatic Simpli-Fly Control system.Kratos BQM-177Subsonic target drone emulating anti-ship cruise missiles for US Navy.McDonnell TD2D KatydidPulsejet-powered target drone for U.S. Navy gunnery practice.Lockheed AQM-60 KingfisherTarget drone that evaded the systems it was built to test.Curtiss KD2C SkeetAmerican target drone cancelled after unsatisfactory pulsejet performance.Globe KD6G FireflyAmerican target drone used by the US Navy in the 1950s.Nord CT41French supersonic target drone for interceptor training.TAI KeklikA low-cost target drone for Turkish armed forces training.Temco XKDT TealAmerican rocket-propelled target drone evaluated by the Navy in the late 1950s.Nord Aviation CT20French turbojet target drone used for air-to-air missile development.Granta XLithuanian VTOL loitering munition combining quadcopter launch with fixed-wing flight.CASC CH-901A rapidly deployable loitering munition with multi-platform launch capability.
Browse Loitering Munitions and Target Drones in the interactive codex →