Aerial Vehicle Detection ML Frameworks

ML projects for detecting aircraft, drones, and UAVs in aerial/satellite imagery using CNNs and YOLO variants. Does NOT include general object detection frameworks, maritime/underwater detection, or non-detection aerospace applications.

There are 37 aerial vehicle detection frameworks tracked. 2 score above 50 (established tier). The highest-rated is PatBall1/detectree2 at 67/100 with 238 stars.

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#	Framework	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	PatBall1/detectree2 Python package for automatic tree crown delineation based on the Detectron2...	67	Established	238	Python
2	Call-for-Code/DroneAid Aerial scout for first responders. DroneAid uses machine learning to detect...	58	Established	138	HTML
3	S-Khos/Deep-Learning-for-Aircraft-Recognition A CNN model trained to classify and identify various military aircraft...	40	Emerging	28	Jupyter Notebook
4	snehitvaddi/Animal-Poacher-Detection-and-Alerting-System A Deep Learning approach for detecting poachers in wildlife in real-time....	35	Emerging	6	Jupyter Notebook
5	talisma-cassoma/UnderWaterDrone-D-OceanLab D≈OceanLab is a underwater drone for Research purposes, it films and...	34	Emerging	10	Jupyter Notebook
6	kbhujbal/GeoIntel-satellite_military_asset_classification_CNN 🛰️ SAHI-powered satellite reconnaissance system for detecting military...	32	Emerging	7	Python
7	abhishek-rabidas/Animal-Intrusion-Detection-System-AIDS- Final year project on Animal Intrusion Detection System which is a Deep...	27	Experimental	14	Go
8	robmarkcole/kaggle-ships-in-satellite-imagery-with-YOLOv8 Applying YOLOv8 to Kaggle Ships in Google Earth dataset	27	Experimental	13	Jupyter Notebook
9	Mohd-Abdul-Rafay/small-object-detection-visdrone Small Object Detection in Dense UAV Imagery using YOLOv8-L with Structured...	26	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook
10	eadali/PiSAR PiSAR: Pipeline for Aerial Search and Rescue	22	Experimental	6	Python
11	iamyadavabhishek/anomaly-detection-in-SAR-imagery Anomaly detected using aerial imagery can be of many types like unknown ship...	21	Experimental	7	Jupyter Notebook
12	Vijendrachar-Mulgund/dsar This MSc Dissertation project implements a framework tailored for Search and...	21	Experimental	1	—
13	Trotts/antarctic-benthic-organism-detection Code for Automated Detection of Antarctic Benthic Organisms in...	20	Experimental	4	Python
14	komorra/ACA Augmented Classifier Attack	19	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook
15	Etele8/pico-algae Deep learning pipeline for pico-algae detection in fluorescence microscopy...	19	Experimental	—	Python
16	ArdaBakici/Teknofest-UYZ-2022 Codes of the team DetectionByAI for the Teknofest Competition Artifical...	19	Experimental	4	Python
17	Pickle1432/Military-Aircraft-Detection ✈️ Detect military aircraft using advanced CNN models, optimized with...	19	Experimental	2	HTML
18	PranavU-Coder/arrow_detection for general CV-purposes & simulations {click on website for full access of...	19	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
19	karl-gardner/droplet_detection Deep Learning Detector for High Precision Monitoring of Cell Encapsulation...	19	Experimental	14	Python
20	akhilchibber/Airplane-Detection Deep learning based Airplane Detection	18	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
21	harshjuly12/AI-Driven-Marine-Vessel-Detection-Using-Satellite-Imagery AI-driven marine vessel detection leverages satellite imagery and machine...	18	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook
22	AbdulhalikAkdeniz/Aircraft-Classification-DeepLearning A project for aircraft image feature extraction and classification using the...	18	Experimental	2	MATLAB
23	alexneilgreen/ACAI-YOLOv8 Submodule of Aircraft Classification from Arial Imagery. This is the work of...	17	Experimental	1	Python
24	ronibandini/drone-detection Maker devices for drone detection and identification	16	Experimental	2	—
25	Yash4616/Object_Detection_-_Semantic_Segmentation This project implements an end-to-end pipeline for two computer vision tasks...	14	Experimental	—	—
26	dgandiaga/fighter-jet-classification Webscrap a dataset of the 5 most ordered models of fighter jets in 2025....	13	Experimental	—	Python
27	null-jones/naip-aircraft NAIP Derived dataset for aircraft detection models	13	Experimental	—	QML
28	RDrahul123/DRONA Drone- An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based on Artificial Intelligence and...	12	Experimental	7	C++
29	AbbosAbdullayev/Drone_scenes_with_Yolo Object detection on Drone Imagery with Yolo models. Selected Yolov5 model...	12	Experimental	5	Jupyter Notebook
30	jonathanlawhh/container-fill-rate-ai Using computer vision to detect and calculate container fill rate based on...	11	Experimental	4	Python
31	akhilchibber/Ship-Detection Deep Learning based Ship Detection in Satellite Imagery	11	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
32	alexneilgreen/ACAI-YOLOv5 Submodule of Aircraft Classification from Arial Imagery. This is the work of...	11	Experimental	—	Python
33	deepsthewarrior/Drone-Digital-Twin This repo demonstrates the process involved in creating the digital twin of...	11	Experimental	3	—
34	kadirtuna/AlganTeknofestUAVTeamGUIDemo The GUI for Algan UAV Technology team demonstrates telemetry data and camera...	11	Experimental	4	—
35	kbarszczak/Aircraft_detection The project utilizes multiple YOLO versions to detect a military aircraft	11	Experimental	—	—
36	akshatpawar/yolov9-marine-life-detection Enhanced Object Detection based on YOLOv9 for Marine Life	11	Experimental	3	Jupyter Notebook
37	AbdullahAlokayl/YOLO11-OBB-Aircraft-Detection Aircraft Recognition using YOLO-OBB: A deep learning model for detecting and...	10	Experimental	2	Jupyter Notebook