The Ukrainian Defense Forces use domestically produced SHARK drones for reconnaissance, surveillance, and fire control. Recently, Ukrspecsystems was able to increase the UAV’s range by a third.
Introduced in 2022, the SHARK has a range of 300 km and can stay in the air for four hours at 75 km/h. The maximum speed of the unmanned aerial vehicle is 130 km/h, and the minimum speed is 60 km/h.
The first version of SHARK could move 60 km away from the control station. As a result of the modernization, Ukrspecsystems specialists were able to increase the communication range by a third. The reconnaissance drone now has a range of 80 km.
SHARK is often used in conjunction with HIMARS. For example, we recently wrote about how a drone was used to destroy the launcher and targeting station of the Buk-M2 anti-aircraft missile system. Two weeks earlier, a Buk-M2 self-propelled launcher was hit.