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Uncrewed surface vessel · Maritime · mission-dependent

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Katran · USV family

A Ukrainian family of uncrewed surface vessels developed by MAC HUB, with roles extending beyond a one-way explosive boat. A separate Business Insider field visit documents a Katran carrying aerial drones. Venom and X1.2 are named configurations, not interchangeable specifications. No family-wide speed, hull dimensions, payload or range is inferred from demonstrations or industrial partnerships.[1][2][3]

Design origin
Ukraine[1]
Research edition
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No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.

Schematic top view of the general configuration. Not to scale and not an exact depiction of the model.

Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.

also known as Katran, Катран, Katran USV

Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.

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The numbers, with their sources

Intervals preserve the published bounds; they are not statistical confidence intervals. A blank lower or upper bound stays open. Values belong to the named configuration, not every aircraft.

Body length

Unknown in reviewed sources

Hull beam

Unknown in reviewed sources

Published sailing range

Unknown in reviewed sources

One scale. Different machines.

No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.

Human height is an illustrative 1.8 m; bus length an illustrative 12 m. Car length uses the cited MINI specification. Vehicle heights and drone side contours are schematic. Top views preserve published length and span; an absent dimension is never guessed.

One car length here is 3.821 m: MINI Cooper 3 door, March 2020 specification.

In our archive

Not yet named as a model in this archive — sources usually say only “drone” or name the family.

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Where this type appears

Counts follow model/family links in the archive. A general register link does not identify a model.

Family & configurations

Katran · USV family

No sourced family relationship recorded in this edition. Similar roles do not establish a common design.

Form, sound & identification limits

  • The maker’s October 2025 account relays claims from an operator about a completed mission and returning craft. It is an attributed operational claim, not independent verification of the mission result, payload or invisibility to sensors.[1]
  • Jake Epstein’s field reporting and own photograph provide an original journalistic evidence origin for the drone-carrying platform. Statements about combat results remain the interviewed commander’s claims. They do not establish all proposed Venom or X1.2 capabilities.[2]
  • Paramount’s announcement concerns cooperation and industrialisation. It shares a project origin with MAC HUB and is not counted as a third independent technical confirmation. Katran is kept separate from Magura and Sea Baby; no interchangeable aliases are added.[1][3]

Shape or sound alone cannot identify a drone. Follow local public-safety alerts; do not approach wreckage.

No licensed, model-attested recording is available in our sound library.

What does it cost?

Published USD figures use different price bases and years. Airframes, export packages and support are not equivalent. These are not current offers or verified production costs.

Unknown in reviewed sources

Countermeasures in public analysis

No type-specific, independently supported summary is included in this edition.

Source notebook

  1. MAC HUB · Katran in operations: maker’s attributed operator account

    2025-10-21 · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Manufacturer claim

  2. Business Insider / Jake Epstein (via Yahoo) · Ukraine’s drones catching new rides: original field visit

    2026-07-15 · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Firsthand reporting

    Consulted via search index; direct page unavailable

  3. Paramount Greece / MAC HUB · Joint industrialisation announcement

    Publication date not stated · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Manufacturer claim

Cite this profile

DroneLedger. Katran · USV family. Research edition 2026-11-01. https://droneincidents.com/drones/katran-usv/

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