PHOTON is Global Mark's Ukrainian strike FPV drone family built around configurable 7- to 15-inch airframes, analog or digital guidance, optional night and thermal cameras, and the company's PHOTON autoguidance module. Manufacturer sources identify PHOTON as supplied for Armed Forces of Ukraine wartime use in strike, reconnaissance, and fire-adjustment tasks during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War, with independent unit-level public documentation still limited.
Global Mark's public material identifies PHOTON FPV drones as Ukrainian systems supplied for Armed Forces of Ukraine wartime use, including strike, reconnaissance, and fire-adjustment tasks; no independent unit-level use report was found.
Role detailsGlobal Mark presents PHOTON as a modular strike FPV family rather than a single fixed model. Public product pages separate airframe size, camera package, battery, and analog or digital guidance options, while the English brochure describes a PHOTON autoguidance module that can integrate with PHOTON, VORTEX, and third-party UAV platforms.
7- to 15-inch PHOTON frames are listed publicly, including 10-inch baseline, 13-inch increased-payload, and 15-inch thermal-imaging configurations.
Analog and digital PHOTON guidance modules are listed; the brochure gives the module dimensions as 95 mm x 65 mm x 20 mm and weight as 0.15 kg.
Conflict-use sourcing is direct but manufacturer-controlled: public Global Mark pages tie PHOTON to Armed Forces of Ukraine wartime use, while independent unit-level PHOTON documentation remains limited.
Global Mark presents PHOTON as a configurable FPV-drone family rather than a single fixed airframe; public pages distinguish frame size, guidance link, camera package, and payload-oriented configurations.
| Variant | Configuration | Designation notes |
|---|---|---|
| PHOTON 7-inch analog autoguidance | Compact analog-guided configuration | The 7-inch product page lists a carbon-frame PHOTON with analog autoguidance, daylight camera, 6S3P Li-ion battery, and tactical radius up to 15 km. |
| PHOTON 10-inch digital autoguidance | Baseline digital-guided strike configuration | The 10-inch digital product page lists a Mark4 v2 carbon frame, digital-guidance module, 15,000 mAh battery, target acquisition up to 120 m, and tactical radius up to 15 km. |
| PHOTON 13-inch | Increased-payload configuration | Global Mark's English brochure identifies the 13-inch PHOTON as the increased-payload member of the family. Sources: Global Mark English product brochure |
| PHOTON 15-inch thermal vision | Night/thermal-imaging configuration | Global Mark's category page and brochure list 15-inch PHOTON thermal-imaging options, including CaddxFPV IRC-384CA and IRC-640CA product listings. Sources: Global Mark PHOTON category page, Global Mark English product brochure |
Global Mark's public catalog and English brochure list PHOTON as part of the company's strike FPV drone family.
Global Mark's English brochure lists PHOTON with NATO stock number 1550-61-018-4780 and places it alongside VORTEX and KNOCK in the company's strike-FPV product line.
