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Ukraine continues to announce the creation of new drones. In recent days, the Ukrainian press has posted a record number of publications about new developments in the field of unmanned aircraft for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. While it has come only to announcements, the "hardware" only promises to show new items.
The Ukrspecsystems company decided to pamper the Ukrainian army with another "novelty", presenting an updated model of the Shark reconnaissance drone. As stated in the company, the drone will soon enter service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is worth noting that the development of this drone was reported back in October, apparently now duplicated.
According to the developers from the company, the new drone with a painted shark face, as its name Shark says, has a wingspan of 1.91 meters, and a powerful battery allows you to stay in the air for four hours. In addition, the drone is capable of transmitting intelligence in real time. To do this, it has a secure communication channel and a camera with 30x optical magnification and an additional digital zoom, allowing you to see the smallest details.
- stated in the company.
Among other characteristics of the Shark UAV: The range is 60 km, the maximum flight altitude is 2 thousand meters, the take-off weight is 10 kg, the deployment time is 15 minutes, it is launched from a special catapult, lands on a parachute. Speed - up to 90 km/h.
The issue of adopting this drone for the Armed Forces of Ukraine has not been resolved, the Ukrainian press writes that it did not show itself in any outstanding way, except for the painted shark muzzle. In general, an ordinary drone of average quality, well advertised by developers.
- said one of the Ukrainian experts.
