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NordSpace SHARP Arrow

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Fixed-wing rocket-powered UAS capable of taking off / landing from any standard aiport runway, incorporates space systems developed from orbital launch vehicles, part of NordSpace's SHARP (Supersonic and Hypersonic Applications Research Platform) program. In development.

Lift type
Fixed wing
Assembly
Factory-built
Control
Remotely piloted, Autonomous
Engine type
Rocket
Application
Surveillance, Utility

Design & construction

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Airframe & structure
Pressurisation
Unpressurised

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
NordSpace SHARP Arrow2025 / Rocket-powered UAS, designed to be fastest and highest flying winged aircraft ever created in Canada.

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