U.A.E. Orders 168 Unmanned Helicopters from EDGE

EDGE has won two contracts to supply the ANAVIA HT-100 and HT-750 unmanned helicopters to the U.A.E. Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Under the contracts, EDGE entity ANAVIA, a Switzerland-based company specialising in designing and manufacturing advanced UASs, will produce and deliver 76 HT-100 and 92 HT-750 rotary-wing UASs to the U.A.E. MoD.

The HT-100 is an all-terrain, day/night, adverse-weather-capable unmanned helicopter designed as a rapidly deployable alternative to manned rotorcraft for intelligence and data-gathering missions. The larger HT-750 is a multi-role unmanned helicopter designed for logistics missions, capable of transporting heavy payloads while maintaining flight stability.

The contracts were announced at the Unmanned Systems Exhibition & Conference (UMEX) and Simulation and Training Exhibition (SimTEX) 2026.