Gerbera
Decoy drone
| Designer / manufacturer | JSC Alabuga Skywalker Technology (alleged by Ukrainian military intelligence) |
|---|---|
| Countries | Russia |
| Production | Alabuga, Tatarstan (alleged by HUR); 2025 production plan of 24,000 per HUR (reported) |
| Operators | Russia |
| Estimated unit cost | $10k per aircraft, reported (2025) · source |
| Confidence | low |
Other published estimates
| Estimate | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|
| $2k, reported (2026) | Basic configuration, attributed to Forbes reporting; secondhand and not verified | www.thepricer.org |
Reported characteristics
| construction | foam/plywood/composites (reported) |
|---|---|
| warhead | some recovered examples reportedly carried a warhead (Beskrestnov, Feb 2025); camera/comms variants were plans only |
Notes
The 10,000 figure comes from Ukrainian intelligence and is not a verified purchase price. Identification of unknown drones as Gerbera is often case by case.
Who uses it and how they obtain it
How each user obtains this type, from open sources (research note of 12 October 2026). Confidence concerns the route claim: high means several independent authoritative sources or an official source; medium, one good source with supporting coverage; low, a single source, a party's claim or visual similarity only. 'Contested' means a party denies it, sources disagree, or it rests only on a party's claim. Several primary documents were only reachable through secondary coverage. This is background on the type, not evidence about any specific incident. Explanations are in English.
| User | How obtained | Explanation and sources |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | own production, local assembly from kits or parts Confidence: medium contested | ISIS identifies JSC Alabuga at Yelabuga as the producer of the Gerbera decoy, while Ukraine's HUR alleges that China's Skywalker Technology develops the airframe and ships kits for final assembly at Alabuga. The Skywalker role is a Ukrainian claim. Components: Chinese DLE60 or Stinger 70cc engines, Topotek KHY10S90 camera, Xingkai XK-F358 mesh modem and XLSEMI chip; Western chips (Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, NXP, STMicroelectronics, u-blox) also reported (HUR and ISIS, via Ukrainian press). |
Dossiers mentioning this type
- Overnight wave: Ukraine's Air Force reports 116 attack drones, 94 downed or suppressed · 11 Oct 2026
Sources
- https://www.kyivpost.com/post/46692
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerbera_(drone)
- https://capssindia.org/?p=16521
Cost figures are published estimates from third parties and vary widely; they are not DroneLedger assessments. Corrections: About, corrections & privacy.
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