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Choose up to three systems. Specifications retain their source and configuration; missing information is left undisclosed.

HUNTER 2S

Small HUNTER aircraft with a 2026 supplier baseline and a family-level UAE procurement commitment.

Country / region
United Arab Emirates
Programme status
Order / production commitment
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
Order / production commitmentOrder / production commitment
Primary domain
Air
System type
Loitering munition
Developer / manufacturer
HALCON / EDGE
Origin / production countries
United Arab Emirates
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
HUNTER 2S, March 2026 published baseline
Operators / programme customers
UAE Armed Forces — family order announced

Evidence & current status

Order established at family level; no per-type delivered fleet is inferred.

Role & capabilities

  • Loitering munition programme

Specifications in context

Airframe
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Launch / recovery
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Dimensions
2.2 m span; 1.3 m length

March 2026 table; older material differs.

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Mass
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Endurance
45 minutes

Supplier maximum.

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Range
50 km communications reach

Datalink, not mission range.

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Speed
33 m/s

March 2026 catalogue.

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Altitude
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Payload
2 kg

Published capacity only.

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Sensors
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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