Raybird-3
Long-endurance Ukrainian ISR drone with a record 28-hour endurance: Skyeton's Raybird-3 is celebrated for flying thousands of reconnaissance and fire-correction missions behind Russian lines.
Raybird-3
Long-endurance Ukrainian ISR drone with a record 28-hour endurance: Skyeton's Raybird-3 is celebrated for flying thousands of reconnaissance and fire-correction missions behind Russian lines.
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Identity
- Designation
- Raybird-3
- Alias
- Skyeton ACS-3 Raybird
- Manufacturer
- Skyeton
- Country
- Ukraine
- Year
- 2019
- Category
- ISR (Reconnaissance)
- Class
- Tactical (< 600 kg)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 300 km
- Endurance
- 28 h
- Top speed
- 140 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 4,500 m
- Propulsion
- Pistone iniezione, elica traente
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 23 kg
- Payload
- 5 kg
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR gimbal giorno/notte, SIGINT, LIDAR opzionale
- Datalink / control
- Datalink criptato LOS, opzionale SATCOM
- Launch
- Catapulta pneumatica
- Recovery
- Paracadute
Combat use
- ▸Strategic reconnaissance over the Black Sea and Crimea
- ▸Targeting for Storm Shadow / SCALP-EG cruise missiles against the Russian Black Sea Fleet
- ▸Surveillance missions on the Belarusian border and the Sumy front
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History
Developed by Skyeton from 2014, the Raybird-3 has accumulated over 350,000 operational flight hours by 2024, with a mission-completion rate above 95% on the Ukrainian front.
Developed by Skyeton from 2014 on the back of Donbas experience, the Raybird-3 is one of the most internationally awarded Ukrainian ISR drones, with a 28-hour endurance placing it among the longest-flying tactical platforms in its class.
By 2024 the Raybird-3 had logged over 350,000 cumulative operational flight hours on the Ukrainian front, with a stated mission-completion rate above 95% — making it one of the world's most reliable petrol-powered tactical drones and an export item for NATO operators.