Shark
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UkraineManufacturer: UkrSpecSystems
Ukrainian tactical recon drone designed for HIMARS targeting: UkrSpecSystems' Shark has become one of the most critical eyes for Ukraine's precision artillery since 2022.
Ukrainian tactical recon drone designed for HIMARS targeting: UkrSpecSystems' Shark has become one of the most critical eyes for Ukraine's precision artillery since 2022.
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Identity
- Designation
- Shark
- Alias
- UkrSpec Shark UAV
- Manufacturer
- UkrSpecSystems
- Country
- Ukraine
- Year
- 2022
- Category
- ISR (Reconnaissance)
- Class
- Tactical (< 600 kg)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 80 km
- Endurance
- 4 h
- Top speed
- 150 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 3,000 m
- Propulsion
- Elettrico spintore
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 12 kg
- Payload
- 2.5 kg
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR gimbal giorno/notte stabilizzato, zoom ottico ad alta risoluzione
- Datalink / control
- Datalink digitale criptato MIMO, resistente al jamming
- Launch
- Catapulta
- Recovery
- Paracadute
Combat use
- ▸Targeting of Russian S-300/S-400 SAM systems destroyed by HIMARS in Crimea and Zaporizhzhia (2022-2024)
- ▸Deep reconnaissance on the Kherson and Bakhmut fronts
- ▸Counter-battery operations against Russian artillery
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History
Developed by UkrSpecSystems in just six months in 2022, the Shark was explicitly designed to cooperate with US-supplied M142 HIMARS launchers, providing real-time targeting coordinates.
The Shark was developed by UkrSpecSystems in 2022 with a crash schedule during the full-scale Russian invasion, explicitly optimised for targeting US-supplied HIMARS launchers: a strategic choice that has made it an iconic tactical reconnaissance drone of Ukraine's 'HIMARS war'.
The system pairs a jam-resistant MIMO digital datalink, a high-resolution EO/IR gimbal and electronic-countermeasure mitigation features, making it one of the most advanced Ukrainian ISR drones for penetration depth.