2013 the Raven was loaned by the Defense department to the police department of Almere to combat burglary. In April 2011, the U.S. announced that it would be supplying 85 Raven B systems to the Pakistan Army. In June 2011, the U.S. announced $145.4 million in proposed aid for anti-terror efforts in north and east Africa, including four Raven systems to be used by forces from Uganda and Burundi as part of the ongoing African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia. The US has also announced its intent to supply an unspecified number of Ravens to the Ukrainian armed forces. Ukrainian operators criticized the Raven's analog control system that made them vulnerable to jamming and hacking by sophisticated Russian-backed separatists. Iran has claimed it has captured two RQ-11, one "in Shahrivar 1390 (August 21 – September 19, 2011) and the other one in Aban (October 22 – November 20, 2012)". It also indicated that "much of the data of these drones has been decoded", but did not indicate whether the drone has been duplicated, as has been done with the RQ-170 and the Boeing Insitu ScanEagle. In January 2023, the U.S. Marine Corps revealed they had retired the RQ-11B Raven SUAS in favor of the FLIR Systems R80 SkyRaider, a VTOL UAV that is easier to launch and recover and can provide a hover-and-stare surveillance capability. Current operators Australian Armed Forces Belgian Armed Forces Bulgarian Armed Forces Canadian Armed Forces Colombian Armed Forces Public Force of Costa Rica Czech Armed Forces Estonian Armed Forces Hungarian Armed Forces Iraqi Armed Forces Italian Armed Forces Kenyan Armed Forces Lebanese Armed Forces: 12 systems Lithuanian Armed Forces Luxembourg Armed Forces Macedonian Armed Forces Dutch Armed Forces Norwegian Armed Forces Pakistan Army Armed Forces of the Philippines Portuguese Armed Forces Romanian Armed Forces Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Slovak Armed Forces Spanish Armed Forces Thai Armed Forces Ugandan Armed Forces Ukrainian Armed Forces: 72 systems British Armed Forces U.S. Armed Forces: 1,798 systems Uzbek Armed Forces Yemeni Armed Forces Specifications Wing Span: 4.5 ft (1,372 mm) Length: 3 ft (915 mm) Weight: 4.2 lb (1,906 g) Engine: Aveox 27/26/7-AV electric motor Cruising speed: approx. Range: 6.2 miles (10 km) Endurance: approx. 60–90 min See also References Notes Bibliography External links RQ-11 Raven Details on Globalsecurity.org Newsweeks Interactive Graphic. Raven: The Tiniest Drone Video of RQ-11 Raven launch from building in Najaf, Iraq Danish page about Raven