UJ-22 Airborne
Country: 
UkraineManufacturer: SPE UkrJet
Ukrainian dual-use drone employed both for ISR missions and as a long-range loitering munition: UkrJet's UJ-22 was one of the first Ukrainian long-range drones to strike targets deep inside Russian territory.
Ukrainian dual-use drone employed both for ISR missions and as a long-range loitering munition: UkrJet's UJ-22 was one of the first Ukrainian long-range drones to strike targets deep inside Russian territory.
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Identity
- Designation
- UJ-22 Airborne
- Alias
- UkrJet UJ-22
- Manufacturer
- SPE UkrJet
- Country
- Ukraine
- Year
- 2021
- Category
- Loitering munition
- Class
- Tactical (< 600 kg)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 800 km
- Endurance
- 7 h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 6,000 m
- Propulsion
- Pistone benzina, elica traente
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 85 kg
- Payload
- 20 kg
- Weapons
- Testata esplosiva fino a 20 kg o due granate da mortaio sganciabili
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR gimbal e/o autopilota GPS/inerziale
- Datalink / control
- Datalink criptato e modalità autonoma way-point
- Launch
- Pista o catapulta
- Recovery
- Pista / paracadute / impatto sul bersaglio (configurazione kamikaze)
Combat use
- ▸March 2023 — documented strike near Moscow (Kolomna area)
- ▸2023-2024 — attacks on Russian ammunition depots and railway infrastructure
- ▸Long-range ISR missions over the Kursk and Belgorod fronts
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History
In service since 2021, the UJ-22 was one of the first nationally designed Ukrainian drones to conduct long-range strikes against Russian infrastructure in 2023.
The UJ-22 Airborne was the first nationally designed Ukrainian long-range drone to conduct deep strikes inside Russia in 2023: a dual-use ISR/kamikaze platform that paved the way for the later UJ-26 Beaver.
The system can operate either as a recoverable reconnaissance asset or as a one-way attack configuration with a 20 kg warhead, offering operational flexibility rare in the medium-range tactical drone class.