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Tekever

Products: uas. Risk band: Elevated   RobotRisk index 19.2/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 95th percentile of 118 defense space companies.

Analyst brief

Tekever's record in the defense-space category consists of a single 2020 entry: an AAIB report documenting a double engine shutdown on an AR5 Evolution Mk 2 unmanned aircraft near Lydd, Kent. The event is classified as a malfunction with a severity rating of 3, indicating an in-flight system failure investigated by aviation authorities rather than a resulting injury or fatality. The index of 6.4 and 88th percentile place Tekever in the low band on the basis of a single documented occurrence. The record is regulator-driven, originating from an official accident investigation report rather than press coverage.

Entries by year and severity

012020 S3: 11202026 S4: 1126
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Incident log (2 unique incidents)

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S408/03
2026
mission-loss Russia-Ukraine borderTekever AR3 StormShroud UAV shot down and recovered by Russian forces · 1 UAV (AR3 StormShroud) Euronews
S312/29
2020
malfunction Kent, England, UKAAIB report: Tekever AR5 Evolution Mk 2 double engine shutdown near Lydd, Kent GOV.UK / AAIB

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