IDEX: Sinyar’s evolution from jet to drone

In November 2023 Edge announced the acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in Flaris, a pioneering Polish aviation company specialising in the development of state-of-the-art personal jets. The Sinyar is a development of the five-seat LAR 01 that was publicly unveiled at Paris in 2013 and made its first flight in 2019. 

Flaris spokesperson, Piotr Ladzinski, said: “This is an autonomous aircraft tailored for ISR missions, that can fly at 40,000ft and has accumulated more than 300 flight tests as a manned aircraft. 

“Designed under the EASA CS-23 regulation, Flaris is right now working on two projects – the five-seater, and this UCAV. The wings can be detached in 10 minutes, which allows it to be transported easily on a lorry or a cargo aircraft.”

Positioned under the nose is a Wescam MX-15 electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) turret, but other sensors for various special missions can be fitted in the aircraft and there is a SATCOM system inside. 

“We have a small weapons bay where we can house light weapons like the Desert Sting 16, which means we reduce drag. It was designed to take off from unpaved runways and needs just 200m to take off. The engine mounted on top of the fuselage is the Williams FJ33-5A.”

While the aircraft is currently being manufactured in Poland, production is being transferred to Abu Dhabi and Flaris will train Emirati people, first in Poland and then locally.