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New military drones for attack and intelligence have shown in the UAE: The characteristics (video) have been revealed

Edge plans to provide military support from the air with Jeniah, Airtruck and QX6-50 drones that perform different tasks. The Edge Group of the United Arab Emirates presented 11 new IDEX-2023 combat drones at Abu Dhabi. She revealed some details in the official press release. Edge showed a Jeniah aircraft unmanned. According to Breaking Defense, it received a non -radar case and a jet engine capable of accelerating up to 1000 km/h, the maximum load is 500 kg.

EDGE CEO, Mansur Almulla, told reporters that UAV is still early in development, but in the future the military will be able to use it to conduct intelligence and tasks. Jeniah is planned to be completed in four years, but Edge is also looking for ways to speed up the process. The conglomerate also presented at the exhibition a cargo drone of Airtruck, which lifts a weight of up to 500 kg. Its cruising speed is 120 km/h, and the flight range is 360 km.

The aircraft is designed to provide troops in remote areas, intelligence and evacuation of the wounded from the battlefield. Another drone is called QX6-50, it is designed for both military and civilian purposes. The screw platform can carry a useful load of 50 kg for a distance of up to 200 km, flying autonomously or under the control of the operator. Edge has introduced a "instrumental test platform" that is UAV with a fixed wing.

According to the developers, it is intended for testing ammunition "Air-Earth". On February Fifteenth Edge bought a controlling stake in Estonian company Milrem Robotics, a leading European developer of autonomous systems and robotics. Now the conglomerate has shown three unmanned land vehicles developed in Estonia on its stands.