Tekever
Robot types: Uas. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 31.7/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 13 of 26 among Drones / eVTOL companies with incidents (550 tracked).
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 record is regulator-driven, originating from an official accident investigation report rather than press coverage.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Drones / eVTOL (primary), Defense / space · Sectors: Armed Forces
Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type. Listed industry was Defense / space; RobotRisk files this company under Drones / eVTOL because that is where its documented incident risk sits.
| Robot type | Share of company risk | Rank within type |
|---|---|---|
| Uas | 100% | 7 of 8 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mission-loss | 1 | 50% |
| malfunction | 1 | 50% |
Unique incident list
2 unique incidents on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 03 Aug 2026 | mission-loss | Russia-Ukraine border | Tekever AR3 StormShroud UAV shot down and recovered by Russian forces · 1 UAV (AR3 StormShroud) | Euronews |
| S3 | 29 Dec 2020 | malfunction | Kent, England, UK | AAIB report: Tekever AR5 Evolution Mk 2 double engine shutdown near Lydd, Kent | GOV.UK / AAIB |
S4 03 Aug 2026 · mission-loss · Tekever AR3 StormShroud UAV shot down and recovered by Russian forces
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 03 Aug 2026 | Tekever AR3 StormShroud UAV shot down and recovered by Russian forces | Euronews |
S3 29 Dec 2020 · malfunction · AAIB report: Tekever AR5 Evolution Mk 2 double engine shutdown near Lydd, Kent
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3 | 29 Dec 2020 | AAIB report: Tekever AR5 Evolution Mk 2 double engine shutdown near Lydd, Kent | GOV.UK / AAIB |
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