Manufacturer catalog

Wild Hornets

Wild Hornets is a Ukrainian miltech and volunteer-backed drone manufacturer founded in spring 2023 to develop and mass-produce FPV combat drones for Ukrainian military units. Its public product range spans 10-inch kamikaze, bomber, and interceptor drones, the STING counter-UAV interceptor, Queen Hornets heavy multirole FPV platforms, and digital drone ground-control systems.

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Wild Hornets grew from a wartime volunteer manufacturing effort into a registered Ukrainian drone-production organization with a charitable fund and an LLC structure for cooperation with donors, foundations, companies, and military units. The organization describes its work as quality-controlled FPV drone production supported by donations, technical support for operators, frontline feedback, and rapid iteration as Russian electronic-warfare and drone threats change.

Public reporting and Wild Hornets' own product pages show a portfolio built around inexpensive, quickly produced unmanned systems rather than large airframes. STING focuses on high-speed interception of Shahed-type one-way attack UAVs, while Queen Hornets fills a heavier FPV niche for payload delivery, bomber, kamikaze, relay, transport, mine-laying, and drone-carrier missions. Censor.NET reported in July 2026 that Ukraine's Ministry of Defense codified Queen Hornet under NATO standards as both a UAS and a separate product.

FPV combat dronesCounter-UAV interceptor dronesHeavy multirole FPV dronesDrone ground-control and video-link systems3D-printed and locally sourced drone components

Notable Systems

Wild Hornets STING interceptor drone, FPV interceptor drone, Aircraft & UAVs

Wild Hornets STING interceptor drone

FPV interceptor drone

High-speed FPV interceptor designed by Wild Hornets for Shahed-type, Geran, Lancet, reconnaissance, and related drone targets; the official product page lists 280 km/h maximum speed and 7,000 m maximum altitude.

Sources: Wild Hornets STING interceptor, Business Insider STING design report
Queen Hornets, 17-inch multirole FPV drone, Aircraft & UAVs

Queen Hornets

17-inch multirole FPV drone

17-inch heavy multirole FPV drone platform for payload delivery, bombing, transport, relay, mine-laying, drone-carrier, and kamikaze roles; Wild Hornets lists a 9 kg maximum payload and up to 20 km one-way range.

Sources: Wild Hornets Queen Hornet product page, Censor.NET Queen Hornet codification report

Manufacturer History

  1. Wild Hornets founded

    Wild Hornets states that the organization was founded in spring 2023 and later added a charitable fund and registered LLC structure to support drone production, donations, corporate cooperation, and military-unit supply.

    Sources: Wild Hornets official website, Ukrainian Drone Ecosystem Directory Wild Hornets

  2. Queen Hornets revealed

    Defense Express reported Wild Hornets' July 2024 reveal of the Hornet Queen, a heavy FPV drone developed after a request for a relatively affordable bomber platform and described with bomber, logistics, mine-laying, relay, and mothership roles.

    Sources: Defense Express Hornet Queen report

  3. STING disclosed publicly

    Wild Hornets tested early STING prototypes in late 2024 as Ukraine looked for lower-cost air-defense options against Shahed-type attacks, according to Business Insider reporting and the official STING product page.

    Sources: Business Insider STING design report, Wild Hornets STING interceptor

  4. Queen Hornet codified

    Censor.NET reported that Ukraine's Ministry of Defense codified the 17-inch Queen Hornet multipurpose FPV drone under NATO standards as both an unmanned aircraft system and a separate product.

    Sources: Censor.NET Queen Hornet codification report

Website links
Official websiteSTING product pageQueen Hornet product page

Wild Hornets is a wartime Ukrainian drone manufacturer with a public-facing volunteer and donation channel; production quantities, hit rates, and fielding totals are often reported by the organization or Ukrainian media rather than audited industrial filings.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Wild Hornets official websitePublisher: Wild Hornets | Note: Supports Wild Hornets identity, founding period, charitable fund and LLC structure, product families, partner/unit context, and stated manufacturing focus. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Wild Hornets STING interceptorPublisher: Wild Hornets | Note: Supports STING as a Wild Hornets interceptor product and provides official performance, control-link, payload, and mission details. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Wild Hornets Queen Hornet product pagePublisher: Wild Hornets | Note: Supports Queen Hornet identity, manufacturer attribution, payload, range, flight-time, control-link, video-link, and component details. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Censor.NET Queen Hornet codification reportPublisher: Censor.NET | Note: Supports July 2026 Queen Hornet codification, Wild Hornets manufacturer attribution, product role, fielding scale, and Defense Forces user context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Defense Express Hornet Queen reportPublisher: Defense Express | Note: Supports the July 2024 Hornet Queen reveal, development request, local-component context, payload role, and multirole descriptions. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Business Insider STING design reportPublisher: Business Insider | Note: Supports Wild Hornets STING development context, training-site reporting, design tradeoffs, unit-cost context, and the manufacturer's iterative approach. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Ukrainian Drone Ecosystem Directory Wild HornetsPublisher: Ukrainian Drone Ecosystem Directory | Note: Supports third-party directory context for Wild Hornets as a Ukrainian miltech and volunteer drone organization founded in 2023, with Kyiv location and flagship platforms. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • TechRadar Wild Hornets manufacturing reportPublisher: TechRadar | Note: Supports current reporting on Wild Hornets' 3D-printing strategy, in-house component work, production scale, and interest in Hornet Vision as a broader control and video package. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Queen Hornets, 17-inch multirole FPV drone, Aircraft & UAVs2014 Russia-Ukraine WarQueen Hornets17-inch multirole FPV droneBuilt in: UkraineQueen Hornets is a Ukrainian heavy FPV drone platform from Wild Hornets, built around a 17-inch frame for payload delivery, bombing, one-way attack, logistics, relay, mine-laying, and drone-carrier work. Ukraine's Ministry of Defense codified the system in 2026 after combat units had received thousands of drones, and field reports describe Ukrainian units adapting the platform with grenade launchers, fiber-optic control, thermal cameras, and other mission kits.
Wild Hornets STING interceptor drone, FPV interceptor drone, Aircraft & UAVs2014 Russia-Ukraine WarWild Hornets STING interceptor droneFPV interceptor droneBuilt in: UkraineThe Wild Hornets STING is a Ukrainian FPV interceptor drone built to attack Shahed-type one-way attack UAVs, Gerbera loitering munitions, Lancet drones, and other small aerial targets. Wild Hornets lists it with a 280 km/h maximum speed, a 7,000 m maximum altitude, ELRS radio control, analog or digital video links, and a 500 g payload; 2025-2026 reporting documents Ukrainian units using STING against Russian one-way attack drones in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.