Tekever AR3

Portugal's tactical fixed-wing VTOL UAS — a gasoline-powered ISR platform battle-proven in Ukraine, fielded as the RAF's StormShroud electronic warfare asset, and the hardware backbone of Europe's newest defence-technology unicorn.

Overview

The Tekever AR3 is a fixed-wing, gasoline-engine intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) unmanned aerial system (UAS) with an optional vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) kit. Designed by Portugal-based TEKEVER, it fills the gap between small electric quadcopters and larger medium-altitude long-endurance platforms. The airframe first gained operational relevance through an expansive UK Home Office maritime-surveillance contract and then became one of the most combat-validated NATO-side tactical drones after years of intensive use by Ukrainian forces. In its upgraded AR3 EVO guise and the Royal Air Force’s StormShroud electronic-warfare variant, the platform has steadily expanded from pure ISR into suppression of enemy air defences and manned-unmanned teaming.

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