SHADOW 25
Jet-powered SHADOW configuration included in a documented UAE Armed Forces procurement announcement.
- Country / region
- United Arab Emirates
- Programme status
- Order / production commitment
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Loitering munition
- Developer / manufacturer
- ADASI / EDGE
- Origin / production countries
- United Arab Emirates
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- SHADOW 25
- Operators / programme customers
- UAE Armed Forces — order announced; deliveries not quantified
Evidence & current status
2023 contract covers two SHADOW types; per-type acceptance and delivery totals remain unverified.
Role & capabilities
- Loitering munition programme
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Launch / recovery
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Propulsion
- Jet
SHADOW 25 configuration.
Source - Dimensions
- 2.17 m span; 2.25 m length
Current product page.
Source - Mass
- 103 kg maximum take-off mass
February 2025 catalogue.
Source - Endurance
- 60 minutes
Supplier claim.
Source - Range
- 100 km datalink reach
Communications figure, not aircraft range.
Source - Speed
- Up to 450 km/h
Maximum claim, not cruise.
Source - Altitude
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Payload
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Sensors
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Communications / navigation
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source