Dron MQ-9b SkyGuardian will get "smart missiles" Desert Sting: they will make UAVs more dangerous

Edge Group has many precision missiles, starting from Desert Sting to Thunder's ammunition. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, releasing the legendary drone MQ-9b SkyGuardian, united with Edge Group to integrate intellectual weapons into its drone. This was reported on the official website of Edge Group. As a result of the partnership, high-precision and planning ammunition from Abu Dhabi will be integrated into drone to increase fire power.

The ammunition uses complex sets of flight control for the delivery of ordinary explosives for purposes, in particular in air-land mode. Edge Group's intellectual weapons portfolio includes Desert Sting missiles, Thunder's high -precision weapons, and all -year day and night ammunition from Al Tariq. According to GA-ASI, this cooperation is the first case where US-unmanned production will use intellectual weapons produced in the UAE.

This milestone opens a "new head" in military cooperation between countries and promotes further partnership in this field, the company writes. "The integration of domestic capabilities into our client platforms is what we have done a lot, but we have never integrated NATO weapons to one of our platforms," ​​Ga-ASI President David Alexander said.

Edge cooperation with GA-ASI is expected to launch additional programs for the UAE defense industry and combine weapons developed abroad and MQ-9b sensors for the UAE and military customers. "Ability to integrate our intellectual weapons in MQ-9b SkyGuardian will offer customers a lot of dynamic, high-precision and economic solutions for land strike Expanding our cooperation in the future.