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Fixed-wing symbolAEVEX Phoenix Ghost programme
A US tactical-drone programme supplied to Ukraine, rather than one publicly uniform airframe. The Pentagon’s 2022 introduction identifies AEVEX; the company’s later SEC filing describes deliveries across seven systems. This programme-level profile follows that evidence and leaves a universal range, payload, silhouette and price unestablished instead of borrowing them from one member.[1][2]
- Design origin
- United States[1]
- Research edition
No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.
Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.
also known as Phoenix Ghost, Фенікс Гост, Феникс Гост
Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.
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 sourcesWingspan
Unknown in reviewed sourcesSame-class research profiles · published range, km · open bounds remain open
- Shahed-136 / Geran-21000–2500 km CSIS Missile Threat
- Shahed-131 / Geran-1900 km Defence Intelligence of Ukraine
- Geran-3 / Shahed-238 jet family≤ 1000 km HUR
- Samad-1 / Samad-2 / Samad-3 (Houthi)887–989 km Voskuijl, Dekkers & Savelsberg / Science & Global Security
- Qasef-1 / Qasef-2K (Houthi)≤ 200 km Wilson Center
- Liutyi (An-196)> 1000 km Ukrainska Pravda
- Bober / Beaver (UJ-26)1000 km Espreso
- Fire Point FP-1≤ 1600 km Associated Press
- Molniya fixed-wing FPV family30–40 km CSIS
- AQ-400 Scythe≥ 750 km The War Zone
- Arash-21000 km Wisconsin Project / Iran Watch
- Geran-4770 km Defence Intelligence of Ukraine
One scale. Different machines.
No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.
No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.
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.
Where this type appears
Counts follow model/family links in the archive. A general register link does not identify a model.
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Family & configurations
AEVEX Phoenix Ghost programme
No sourced family relationship recorded in this edition. Similar roles do not establish a common design.
Form, sound & identification limits
- The Pentagon called Phoenix Ghost similar in capability to Switchblade but explicitly not identical. That comparison establishes a broad role only. It is not an alias, a specification transfer, or evidence that a Switchblade report identifies Phoenix Ghost.[1]
- AEVEX’s filing says Phoenix Ghost deliveries covered seven different uncrewed systems, then discusses the separate EUCOM Deep Strike programme. Aggregate contracts and delivery commitments cannot be divided into a reliable unit cost for a single aircraft, or treated as confirmed combat losses.[2]
- These are two first-party evidence origins: the procuring government and the contractor’s own filing. They independently document programme identity, not a standard technical envelope or a specific archived strike. The displayed catalogue symbol is a generic role illustration, not a family-wide measured outline.[1][2]
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
- US Department of Defense · Phoenix Ghost tactical UAS statement
2022-04-21 · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Official report; not an independent test
Consulted via search index; direct page unavailable
- AEVEX (SEC filing) · AEVEX S-1: Phoenix Ghost programme and system portfolio
Publication date not stated · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Manufacturer claim
Cite this profile
DroneLedger. AEVEX Phoenix Ghost programme. Research edition 2026-11-01. https://droneincidents.com/drones/phoenix-ghost/