Middle East Firms Collaborate on Next-Generation Autonomous Systems

Defense companies EDGE Group and Anduril Industries have announced the EDGE-Anduril Production Alliance to accelerate the development of autonomous systems. The alliance will be based in the UAE and will focus on civil and defense mission sets in the Middle East and surrounding regions. The UAE has already confirmed the acquisition of 50 Omen systems, a newly developed hover-to-cruise drone. The partnership may signal a growing trend of international cooperation in autonomous systems development, and the deployment of autonomous systems in the Middle East may indicate a shift towards more expeditionary and distributed airpower capabilities. This information was first reported by AeroTime.