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AEVEX Phoenix Ghost programme
A compact selection from this profile, with sources and limits. Other configurations and additional measurements remain in the full profile.
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]
Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.
The numbers, with their sources
Unknown in reviewed sources
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.
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
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DroneLedger. AEVEX Phoenix Ghost programme. 2026-11-01. https://droneincidents.com/drones/phoenix-ghost/editions/2026-11-01/
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