Edge receives more than $2.5 billion to supply drones and missiles to the UAE Air Force

UAE-based Edge Group has been awarded several contracts for the supply of unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles

This was announced at the IDEX-2023 exhibition, which is taking placein Abu Dhabi.

What is known

Edge received $583 million for Thunder P3 Light (PGM) precision-guided missiles and $1.3 billion for Desert Sting 25 (DS-25) precision-guided air-to-surface munitions.

The UAE Air Force will receive Hunter 2-S, Hunter 5 and Hunter 10 loitering ammunition. Unmanned aerial vehicles support artificial intelligence algorithms. The contract value will be $299 million.

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The latest contract also concerns kamikaze drones. But this time Shadow 25 and Shadow 50. Loitering ammunition is produced by ADASI, a subsidiary of the Edge Group.

The total value of the four contracts was just over $2.5 billion. The Edge Group also announced the signing of an agreement with BAE Systems to support the defense capabilities and security of the UAE.

Source: Edge Group (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)