Leleka-100
Ukrainian mini ISR UAV by DeViRo, in service with Ukrainian forces and officially adopted according to the manufacturer. Total production and current inventory are unverified.
Leleka-100
Ukrainian mini ISR UAV by DeViRo, in service with Ukrainian forces and officially adopted according to the manufacturer. Total production and current inventory are unverified.
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- Reliability
- Partially verified
- Sources
- Company homepage (company-wide figures)DeViRo · Accessed
- Our capabilitiesDeViRo · Accessed
- Leleka-100 requirement and separate Leleka LR programmeGolos Ukrainy · Accessed · Published
- Ukrainian drone production and dated Leleka-100 purchasesKarpat.in.ua · Accessed · Published
- Last reviewed
Identity
- Designation
- Leleka-100
- Alias
- Лелека-100 (Cicogna)
- Manufacturer
- DeViRo
- Country
- Ukraine
- Year
- 2015
- Category
- ISR (Reconnaissance)
- Class
- Mini (< 2 kg)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 45 km
- Endurance
- 2 h 30 min
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 2,500 m
- Propulsion
- Elettrico brushless con elica spintore
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 5.5 kg
- Payload
- 1.5 kg
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR gimbal stabilizzato giorno/notte (zoom ×10)
- Datalink / control
- Datalink digitale criptato LOS
- Launch
- Catapulta elastica
- Recovery
- Paracadute
Combat use
- ▸Donbas war (2014-2022) — Ukrainian artillery fire correction
- ▸Russia-Ukraine war (2022-) — targeting for artillery and HIMARS along every front (Kharkiv, Kherson, Bakhmut, Avdiivka)
- ▸Extensive supply to the Marine Corps and the Ukrainian National Guard
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History
Developed by Kyiv-based DeViRo from 2014 on the back of lessons learned in the Donbas, it entered series production in 2015 and was standardised by the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a mini ISR platform.
The Leleka-100 tactical drone (Ukrainian for 'stork') was born in 2014 from the experience of Ukrainian volunteers in the Donbas: DeViRo designed it as a low-cost mini ISR UAV, broken down and carried by a two-person crew, optimised for artillery fire correction.
Karpat.in.ua reported on 29 March 2023 that more than 300 Leleka-100 had been purchased for the Ukrainian Armed Forces: a dated purchase figure, not a current production total. On 14 November 2023, Golos Ukrainy described a requirement for almost a thousand complexes, not production of a thousand units in 2023; a complex can include multiple airframes. Total production and current inventory remain unverified.