Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Catapult launch; parachute recovery
- Stabilised EO / thermal gimbal options
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Ukrspecsystems
- Origin / production countries
- Ukraine
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- SHARK-M current product configuration
- Operators / programme customers
- Ukrainian Armed Forces — supplier account
Evidence & current status
Status and performance are attributed to the supplier. They do not establish an independently audited fleet size or effectiveness rate.
Role & programme
SHARK-M is an electric tactical reconnaissance aircraft. Its current manufacturer specification is recorded separately from the other SHARK configurations.
The family offers reusable observation aircraft with stabilised imaging payloads. Datalink reach and total flight distance are different measures. The manufacturer describes Ukrainian service and navigation-resilience features; these are attributed claims, without a universal guarantee against interference. The newer M version must not lend its endurance or communications figures to the D variant.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Electric fixed-wing reconnaissance aircraft | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Launch / recovery | Catapult launch; parachute recovery | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Propulsion | Electric motor | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | 3.4 m span; 1.65 m length; 0.30 m height | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Mass | Up to 14.5 kg MTOW | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Up to 7 h with EO payload | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Range | Up to 180 km datalink | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Speed | 75 km/h cruise; 130 km/h maximum | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Altitude | 3,000 m maximum ceiling | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | Stabilised EO / thermal gimbal options | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Communications / navigation | Encrypted datalink; GNSS and alternative navigation features advertised | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Expanded catalogue profile with sourced specifications, variant distinctions, programme evidence and explicit public data gaps.
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