Who has Drones?

Large Military Drones in Service




Country	UAV	Number	Operated by	Manufacturing Company/Country
Australia	Heron	8	Army	IAI (Israel)
Belgium	RQ-5 Hunter	13	Air Force	Northrop Grumman (US)
Canada	Heron	5	Air Force	IAI (Israel)
China[2]	CASC CH-3 CAC Wing-Loong CASIC WJ-600 ASN 200(variants)	? ? ? ?	? ? ? ?	CASC (China) CAC (China) CASIC (China) ASN (China)
Ecuador	Searcher Mk2 Heron	4 2	Navy Navy	IAI (Israel) IAI (Israel)
Egypt	R4E – 50 Skyeye Scarab	20 29	Air Force Air Force	DS Inc (now BAE Systems) (US) Northrop Grumman (US)
Finland	ADS-95 Ranger	6	Army	RUAG Aviation (Swiss) & IAI (Israel)
France	Sperwer Harfang	20 3	Army Air Force	SAGEM (France) EADS (Europe) & IAI (Israel)
Germany	KZO Luna Heron Euro Hawk[3]	6 6 3 1	Army Army Air Force Air Force	Rheinmetall (Germany) EMT Penzberg (Germany) IAI (Israel) Northrop Grumman (US) & EADS (Eu’pe)
Greece	Sperwer	2	Army	SAGEM (France)
India	Nishant Searcher MK2 Heron[4]	14 20 16	Army Navy/Army/AF Air Force	ADE (India) IAI (Israel) IAI (Israel)
Iran	Mohajer 4	?	Army	Ghods [Quods] Aviation (Iran)
Israel[5]	Searcher Mk2 RQ-5A Hunter Hermes 450 Heron Heron 2	22 ? ? ? ?	Air Force Air Force Air Force Air Force Air Force	IAI (Israel) Northrop Grumman (US) Elbit Systems (Israel) IAI (Israel) IAI (Israel)
Italy	RQ-1B Predator	6	Air Force	General Atomics (US)
Jordan	Seeker SB7L	6	Air Force	Seabird Aviation (Jordan)
Malaysia	Aludra	?	Air Force	UST (Malaysia)
Mexico	Hermes 450	2	Air Force	Elbit Systems (Israel)
Morocco	R4E – 50 Skyeye	?	Army	DS Inc (now BAE Systems) (US)
Netherlands	Sperwer	14	Army	SAGEM (France)
Philippines	Blue Horizon 2	2	Air Force	EMIT (Israel)
Singapore	Searcher Mk2 Hermes 450 Heron	42 ? 1	Air Force Air Force Air Force	IAI (Israel) Elbit Systems (Israel) IAI (Israel)
South Africa	Seeker 2	?	Air Force	Denel (South Africa)
South Korea	Night Intruder Searcher	? 3	Air Force Air Force	KAI (South Korea) IAI (Israel)
Spain	Searcher MK2	4	Army	IAI (Israel)
Sri Lanka	Seeker Blue Horizon 2 Searcher Mk2	1 ? 2	Army Air Force Air Force	Denel (South Africa) EMIT (Israel) IAI (Israel)
Sweden	Sperwer	3	Army	SAGEM (France)
Switzerland	ADS-95	4	Army	RUAG Aviation (Swiss) & IAI (Israel)
Thailand	Searcher	?	Army	IAI (Israel)
Turkey	Gnat 750 Heron	18 10	Air Force Air Force	General Atomics (US) IAI (Israel)
UK	Hermes 450 Watchkeeper[6] MQ-9 Reaper[7]	? ? 5	Army Army Air Force	Elbit Systems (Israel) Thales (UK) & Elbit (Israel) General Atomics (US)
USA	I-Gnat RQ-5 Hunter Grey Eagle[8] MQ-8 Fire Scout Global Hawk[9] MQ-1 Predator MQ-9 Reaper[10] RQ-170 Sentinel	3 45 4 6 30 175 65 ?	Army Army Army Navy Navy Air Force Air Force Air Force	General Atomics (US) Northrop Grumman (US) General Atomics (US) Northrop Grumman (US) Northrop Grumman (US) General Atomics (US) General Atomics (US) Lockheed Martin (US)

Info Sources:  The Military Balance 2011,IISS; Jane’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Targets 2011; US Unmanned Aerial Systems, Congressional Research Service, 2012; Various press reports.

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[1] Class 2 and 3 drones only.  Small/Micro/Mini drones not included. Also does not include large drones in service with police, border patrol, National Guard or CIA.  Given secretive nature of military list is almost certainly not complete.

 [2] It is difficult to be certain  if China’s drones are in development  or in service

[3] Euro Hawk, based on Global Hawk is just coming into service.  German has ordered five.

[4] India has expressed a requirement for up to 50 Heron UAVs

[5] It is possible that Israel has other unknown drones in their inventory

[6] UK plans to acquire 54 Watchkeeper UAVs

[7]  UK plans to acquire 10 Reapers

[8] US plans to acquire 152 Grey Eagle

[9] Estimate – US plans to acquire up to 50 Global Hawks

[10] US plans to acquire 400 Reapers