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Air · Loitering munitionUnited Arab Emirates

SHADOW 50

Longer-endurance SHADOW configuration whose versioned catalogue describes piston propulsion, separate from the jet-powered SHADOW 25.

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Air · Multirole aircraftIran

Shahed-129

Iranian medium-altitude, long-endurance reconnaissance and combat aircraft documented by US Army and NATO military references.

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Air · One-way aircraftIran

Shahed-131 / Geran-1

Iranian-origin one-way aircraft identified by the US Defense Intelligence Agency and Ukraine under the Russian designation Geran-1.

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Air · One-way aircraftIran

Shahed-238

Iranian jet-powered Shahed aircraft identified by Ukraine’s military intelligence as the predecessor/analogue of Russia’s Geran-3.

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Sea surface · Uncrewed surface vesselSingapore

Singapore MCM USV programme

A purpose-built mine-countermeasure surface-vessel programme whose hull construction began in 2025.

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Air · Multirole aircraftPoland / United Arab Emirates

Concept / announced

SINYAR LAR1

Polish–Emirati programme to develop an uncrewed aircraft from the Flaris jet lineage.

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Air · Reconnaissance aircraftPoland / United Arab Emirates

Concept / announced

SINYAR LAR3P

Later SINYAR reconnaissance configuration publicly presented by Flaris at IDEX 2025.

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Air · Reconnaissance aircraftIsrael

Skylark 3 (original electric)

Original Skylark 3 tactical reconnaissance aircraft, kept separate from the later Hybrid model.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Reconnaissance aircraftIsrael

Skylark I-LEX

Portable electric reconnaissance aircraft representing a later evolution of the Skylark I family.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Air · Loitering munitionIsrael

SkyStriker

Electric loitering-munition family with configurable duration and a documented September 2026 German demonstration.

Supplier-reported statusRead
Underwater · Underwater gliderUnited States

Teledyne Slocum Sentinel

A larger Slocum glider intended for long-duration sensing, with a documented 2026 naval acoustic demonstration.

Development / trialsRead
Air · Reconnaissance aircraftFrance

Spy'Ranger 330 / SMDR

French Army reconnaissance aircraft with documented deliveries, deployed use and a versioned military type certificate.

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