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

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Joint American–Emirati tail-sitter aircraft programme with a UAE order and a future production timetable.

Country / region
United States / United Arab Emirates
Programme status
Order / production commitment
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
Order / production commitmentOrder / production commitment
Primary domain
Air
System type
Multirole aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Anduril / EDGE
Origin / production countries
United States / United Arab Emirates
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
OMEN development and production programme
Operators / programme customers
United Arab Emirates — 50-aircraft commitment announced in November 2025

Evidence & current status

The order is documented; end-2028 full-rate production is a future target, not a completed milestone.

Role & capabilities

  • Multiple mission configurations

Specifications in context

Airframe
Group 3 fixed-wing tail-sitter

Supplier programme description.

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Launch / recovery
Vertical take-off and landing

Tail-sitter architecture.

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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
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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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
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Range
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Speed
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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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
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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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
Lattice integration described

Software architecture claim; specific customer fit not established.

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