Manufacturer catalog

Houthi movement

Houthi movement is the catalog's umbrella builder facet for Ansar Allah, the Yemeni political-military movement linked in open-source reporting to missiles, UAVs, guided rockets, and naval attack systems.

19 weapons

Houthi movement is the catalog's umbrella builder facet for Ansar Allah, the Yemeni movement more widely known in English as the Houthis. Public reporting describes it as a political and military organization that emerged from northern Yemen in the 1990s and later developed into a major armed actor.

The profile groups catalog entries by the movement's open-source military-industrial role, especially missile, rocket, UAV, and maritime-attack systems that appear across Houthi workshops, exhibitions, and conflict reporting. It is intentionally broad because the movement is secretive, uses multiple spellings, and is often described through its public media network rather than a conventional corporate structure.

missile systemsUAVsguided rocketscruise missilesmaritime attack systems

Notable Systems

Qasef-2K loitering munition / UAV, Loitering munition / UAV, Aircraft & UAVs

Qasef-2K loitering munition / UAV

Loitering munition / UAV

Open-source reporting links the movement to Houthi drone workshops and the Qasef family of one-way attack UAVs.

Sources: Violent Skies, The Missile War in Yemen

Samad UAV family

CSIS and later reporting describe the Samad line as part of the movement's long-range UAV program and public military-industries exhibitions.

Sources: The Missile War in Yemen

Badr guided-rocket family

CSIS and IISS connect the Badr-1P to Houthi precision-guided rocket production and the broader local manufacturing effort.

Sources: CSIS The Missile War in Yemen, IISS open-source analysis of Iran's missile and UAV capabilities and proliferation

Burkan and Quds missile families

CSIS describes the movement's ballistic- and cruise-missile program, which underpins these cataloged Houthi missile families.

Sources: CSIS The Missile War in Yemen

Manufacturer History

  1. Movement emerges in northern Yemen

    PRIO and Britannica describe Ansar Allah as emerging from a Zaydi revivalist movement in northern Yemen during the 1990s.

    Sources: Ansar Allah (Houthi Rebels) - PRIO, Houthi movement | Britannica

  2. Militancy becomes central to the movement

    PRIO and other background sources describe the movement's shift from a revivalist current into a military resistance movement after the 2004 conflict cycle.

    Sources: Ansar Allah (Houthi Rebels) - PRIO, Houthi movement | Britannica

  3. Ansar Allah showcases military industries

    Open-source coverage of the movement's official archive documents a 'Made in Yemen' exhibition with drones, missiles, and naval mines.

    Sources: Ansar Allah archive

  4. U.S. re-designation order issued

    The White House order set in motion a process to designate Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

    Sources: White House designation order

Website links
Official websiteOfficial archiveAnsar Allah (Houthi Rebels) - PRIOThe Missile War in Yemen - CSIS

Public sources use Ansar Allah, the Houthis, Huthi movement, and Houthi movement interchangeably. The profile keeps the catalog facet broad and avoids headquarters claims because reliable public sources do not consistently identify a single corporate headquarters for this movement.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Official websitePublisher: Ansar Allah | Note: Supports the movement's official public-facing site and naming under Ansar Allah / the Houthi movement. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Ansar Allah (Houthi Rebels) - PRIOPublisher: Peace Research Institute Oslo | Note: Supports the group's origins in northern Yemen and its transformation from a Zaydi revivalist movement into a military resistance movement. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Houthi movement | BritannicaPublisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica | Note: Supports the description of the movement as a Yemeni political and military organization that emerged in the 1990s and became a major armed force. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • The Missile War in Yemen - CSISPublisher: Center for Strategic and International Studies | Note: Supports the movement's missile, cruise-missile, and UAV production context and the broader Yemen missile-war framing used in this catalog. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Violent SkiesPublisher: PAX | Note: Supports the movement's drone-workshop context and the Qasef-family production discussion in open-source analysis of Houthi UAV development. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • IISS open-source analysis of Iran's missile and UAV capabilities and proliferationPublisher: International Institute for Strategic Studies | Note: Supports the local production, transfer-of-capability, and precision-rocket context behind Houthi missile and UAV development. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • White House designation orderPublisher: The White House | Note: Supports the 2025 U.S. designation order context for Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Ansar Allah archivePublisher: Ansar Allah | Note: Supports the movement's public catalog page presence and its 2021 'Made in Yemen' military-industries exhibition coverage featuring drones, missiles, and naval mines. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Slogan of the Houthi Movement.svgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the builder image; the Commons file page identifies the banner as a public-domain vector graphic for the Houthi movement's slogan. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

4/4

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Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

3/3

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Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

9/9
Al-Mandab-2 anti-ship cruise missile, Anti-ship cruise missile, Munitions2014 Yemen Civil War, 2023 Red Sea CrisisAl-Mandab-2 anti-ship cruise missileAnti-ship cruise missileBuilt in: Yemen / IranAl-Mandab-2 is a Houthi designation for an anti-ship cruise missile displayed in 2022 and associated by UN, defense, and component-analysis sources with the C-802-derived Iranian Noor/Ghader/Ghadir family. Houthi-affiliated media claimed a seven-meter missile with a 300-kilometer range and micro-turbojet propulsion, while outside assessments differ on whether the public evidence best matches Ghader, Ghadir, or a broader C-802 derivative.
Quds-Z-0 anti-ship cruise missile, Anti-ship cruise missile, Munitions2014 Yemen Civil War, 2023 Red Sea CrisisQuds-Z-0 anti-ship cruise missileAnti-ship cruise missileBuilt in: Yemen / IranThe Quds-Z-0 is a Houthi anti-ship cruise missile unveiled in 2023 as an EO/IR-guided maritime derivative of the Iranian Paveh/Quds cruise-missile family. Open-source analysis ties it to Houthi parade displays in Yemen and later lists it among the Paveh/Quds-based anti-ship cruise missiles used in the Red Sea anti-shipping campaign, with individual strike attribution still limited in public reporting.
Quds-1 land-attack cruise missile, Land-attack cruise missile, Munitions2014 Yemen Civil WarQuds-1 land-attack cruise missileLand-attack cruise missileBuilt in: Yemen / IranThe Quds-1 is a Houthi land-attack cruise missile publicly displayed in Yemen in July 2019 and identified by U.S. sources as the 351 land-attack cruise missile. Open-source and UN-linked analysis describes a compact, ground-launched cruise missile powered by a TJ100-type turbojet and tied to Iranian design and supply networks despite Houthi claims of indigenous development. In the 2014 Yemen Civil War, Houthi-aligned forces used the Quds-1 for long-range strikes against Saudi airport, desalination, and oil-infrastructure targets.

Category

Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

3/3
Mobile coastal launcher, Truck-mounted mobile coastal launcher for anti-ship cruise missiles, Naval Systems2014 Yemen Civil War, 2023 Red Sea CrisisMobile coastal launcherTruck-mounted mobile coastal launcher for anti-ship cruise missilesBuilt in: YemenThe Houthi mobile coastal launcher is a road-mobile shore-launch arrangement for anti-ship cruise missiles, built around recovered Yemeni C.801 launch equipment, trucks, and surface-search radars. It links the Al-Mandab-1/C-801 family to 2014 Yemen Civil War coastal defense and later appears in 2023 Red Sea Crisis reporting as Houthi truck-mounted anti-ship missiles and launchers threatened shipping from Houthi-controlled Yemen.
Explosive unmanned surface vessel, Uncrewed surface vessel, Naval Systems2023 Red Sea Crisis, 2014 Yemen Civil WarExplosive unmanned surface vesselUncrewed surface vesselBuilt in: YemenHouthi explosive unmanned surface vessels are one-way maritime attack craft used for Red Sea and Gulf of Aden interdiction. The family spans converted patrol-boat and fishing-skiff patterns, with CAR documenting a remote-controlled 2017 WBIED conversion and CENTCOM, AP, JMIC, and MARAD reporting later Red Sea crisis attacks against merchant shipping, including M/V Tutor, Magic Seas, and Eternity C.