UAE Defence Fair IDEX & NAVDEX 2023

[Philip the Arab]

That TB2 twin is supposed to fly this year sometime. Lets wait and see.

Supposedly it already did according to this news article. Also, Serbia is likely buying kamikaze munitions from EDGE.

Theres a typo in the article it means February 7-11 not November.

IDEX: The small Reach with a big future | Times Aerospace

The prototype platform is actually on show at the Edge stand, after making its first flight just two weeks ago, coming more than two years after it was unveiled at Dubai Airshow in November 2021.

www.timesaerospace.aero

 

[Philip the Arab]

IDEX 2023: Edge awarded USD2.5 billion munitions contracts

A series of large contracts for weapons made by the Emirati defence company Edge worth AED9.27 billion (USD2.5 billion) were announced on the first two days of the IDEX...

www.janes.com

That 1.1 million figure is really interesting

“At the Dubai Air Show, we showed the Reach-S as a dummy model. It is now a flying plane, and we are in the process of closing a very large order,” he said, before revealing how much a single aircraft will cost without a ground control station.

“Very rarely would we announce a price publicly, but we are doing it to make a statement – we are putting a product out there that competes head-to-head with all the players in the same category,” he said. “Where others are selling at between USD3.5–5 million, we are announcing a price of USD1.1 million.”

IDEX 2023: Edge reveals UAV, loitering munition prices

Edge has developed products that cost significantly less than the current market leaders, Faisal Al-Bannai, the chairman of the Emirati defence company, told Janes...

www.janes.com

 

[Philip the Arab]

EDGE announces $1.1B deal with Angolan navy, unveils 11 new autonomous systems - Breaking Defense

IDEX 2023 — It’s no surprise that the UAE’s largest defense conglomerate has the most floor space at the International Defense Exhibition (IDEX 2023), but EDGE Group also sought to make a splash with a series of announcements from day one of IDEX and its sister-show NAVDEX. Off the bat, Abu...

breakingdefense.com

Among those designs is the Jeniah, an autonomous aerial vehicle. The drone, as designed, would have a 1,000 kilometer per hour speed and is designed to be a low observable platform. Not much else was revealed about the aircraft, and AlMulla told Breaking Defense that Jeniah is still a project in early development.

“This is a new version of [a] UCAV for surveillance and attack missions. It is a jet engine drone and can carry a payload of up to 500 kilograms,” AlMulla said. Most importantly, he stressed, “It’s only designed and developed and built by EDGE, a UAE [intellectual property], with no international partner.”

AlMulla expects the drone to be ready in four years but said that EDGE is looking at ways to accelerate the development and production phase, including investing in foreign firms to bring new technology for the design.

 

[Philip the Arab]

UAE defence firm EDGE dominates second day of industry exhibit

The United Arab Emirates signed defence deals worth 8.14 billion dirhams ($2.22 billion) on the second day of a major industry expo in Abu Dhabi, with the bulk of the business signed with a state-owned firm, a state defence acquisitions agency said. Abu Dhabi defence firm EDGE, whose book value...

finance.yahoo.com

"We had a total of $5 billion worth of booked orders last year," EDGE Chairman Faisal Al Bannai told Reuters, adding that roughly $1.4 billion were export orders to roughly nine or 10 countries.

EDGE has clients in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe, he said.

 

[Philip the Arab]

@Afif
@Oublious
lol, thank you brothers
The development of middle eastern defense industry is a good thing for everyone, the next decade will be uneasy.

“Under the contract, HALCON will send employees to TÜBİTAK SAGE for training in formulating composite propellants and liners on a laboratory scale. Two HALCON employees will be sent to TÜBİTAK SAGE for a month-long course over the next 18 months”

EDGE's HALCON Sign Contract with TÜBİTAK SAGE for Chemical Engineering Training

EDGE Group entity, HALCON signed a contract with The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye Defense Industries Research and Development Institute (TÜBİTAK SAGE), a leading research and development (R&D) institution in the field of defence industry technology and producer of...

edgegroup.ae

 

[Philip the Arab]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1628387862629556229

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced Tuesday that Serbia will sign a contract with the United Arab Emirates within two days on the purchase of suicide drones.

Vucic's remarks came in Abu Dhabi, where he was attending the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX).

"Within 48 hours, we will sign the first contract with the UAE on the purchase of their suicide drones, and they will arrive in the territory of the Republic of Serbia very soon," he said.

 

[Philip the Arab]

 

[Afif]

I would like to see mote details about REACH S.
Do we have any rough estimate of which components are manufactured locally?

 

[Philip the Arab]

Unfortunate

 

[Philip the Arab]

Update on the Reach-S drone, seems they want to develop it further.

 

[Afif]

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Will REACH S find an actual market place though?
I mean this size of male class UAV market is dominated by well established and cost effective Turkish solution.

Anyway, this kind of program is always very effective for talent acquisition and technology development.

 

[Isa Khan]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1628693167296897026

 

[Philip the Arab]

Will REACH S find an actual market place though?
I mean this size of male class UAV market is dominated by well established and cost effective Turkish solution.

Anyway, this kind of program is always very effective for talent acquisition and technology development.

“At the Dubai Air Show, we showed the Reach-S as a dummy model. It is now a flying plane, and we are in the process of closing a very large order,” he said, before revealing how much a single aircraft will cost without a ground control station.

IDEX 2023: Edge reveals UAV, loitering munition prices

Edge has developed products that cost significantly less than the current market leaders, Faisal Al-Bannai, the chairman of the Emirati defence company, told Janes...

www.janes.com

 

[Philip the Arab]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1628723093374902272

 

[Mehmed Ali]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1628387862629556229

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced Tuesday that Serbia will sign a contract with the United Arab Emirates within two days on the purchase of suicide drones.

Vucic's remarks came in Abu Dhabi, where he was attending the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX).

"Within 48 hours, we will sign the first contract with the UAE on the purchase of their suicide drones, and they will arrive in the territory of the Republic of Serbia very soon," he said.

Oh " brothers " thank you very very much . In probable case of the new balkan war I will send a feedback to your chief engineers Panjeet and Cohen.
Also thanks for the new carpets for my Mahala Mosque , I will be in Sarajevo InshAllah in March, maybe they are made in China.
Love you all bye

 

[Afif]

Oh " brothers " thank you very very much . In probable case of the new balkan war I will send a feedback to your chief engineers Panjeet and Cohen.
Also thanks for the new carpets for my Mahala Mosque , I will be in Sarajevo InshAllah in March, maybe they are made in China.
Love you all bye

What????

 

[Philip the Arab]

What????

Is he mad because UAE is sending Serbia drones? They supposedly bought a “substantial amount”

 

[Philip the Arab]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1628738444124979202

 

[Afif]

Is he mad because UAE is sending Serbia drones? They supposedly bought a “substantial amount”

Oh, putting his language aside I don't think it is a very good idea to supply sebria with lethal weapons.

At least, UAE need to impose some serious restrictions on their uses. Bacause we all know what Serbs did and what they can do again.

 

[Philip the Arab]