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Target Acquisition Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 5 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Target Acquisition, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

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Target Acquisition Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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DJI Mavic series, Commercial quadcopter UAV, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsDJI Mavic seriesCommercial quadcopter UAVSide: UkraineRussiaIsraelState Administration Council and allied forcesPeople's Defense Forces and ethnic armed organizationsBuilt: DJI / ChinaThe DJI Mavic series is a family of Chinese commercial folding quadcopters that became a mass battlefield UAV in Ukraine and has also been documented in Gaza and Myanmar. Although designed for civilian and enterprise imaging, models such as the Mavic 3, Mavic 3E, and Mavic 3T have been used for short-range ISR, artillery correction, situational awareness, target acquisition, thermal observation, and improvised strike roles.
Orlan-30, Reconnaissance and laser target-designation UAV, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsOrlan-30Reconnaissance and laser target-designation UAVSide: RussiaBuilt: Special Technology Centre / RussiaThe Orlan-30 is a Russian Orlan-family unmanned aircraft built around reconnaissance, electro-optical surveillance, and laser target designation for precision weapons. Official export material describes an eight-hour UAV system with a laser rangefinder-designator, while U.S. Army operational analysis identifies its Ukraine role in Russian sensor-to-shooter workflows for Krasnopol artillery rounds and Kh-38ML missile strikes.
Forpost, Reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsForpostReconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicleSide: RussiaSyrian government and alliesBuilt: Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) / RussiaForpost is Russia's license-built and later indigenized derivative of the Israeli IAI Searcher II UAV, used for reconnaissance, target acquisition, artillery-fire adjustment, and in Forpost-R form armed strike missions. Russian forces have used Forpost-family aircraft in Ukraine since the 2014 phase of the war and later employed the Forpost-R as a higher-value reusable UAV for surveillance and precision attack rather than as an expendable one-way drone.
IAI Searcher UAV, Tactical reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsIAI Searcher UAVTactical reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicleSide: AzerbaijanBuilt: Israel Aerospace Industries / IsraelThe IAI Searcher is a long-running Israeli tactical UAV family built by Israel Aerospace Industries for surveillance, reconnaissance, target acquisition, artillery adjustment, and battle-damage assessment. Searcher Mk II and Mk III extended the line with longer endurance, heavier payloads, and export customers, including Azerbaijani service in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.