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Air · Multirole aircraft

OMEN

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

Role & capabilities

  • Multiple mission configurations
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.

OMEN is an Anduril–EDGE aircraft programme combining vertical launch and recovery with wing-borne flight. EDGE describes a Group 3 tail-sitter for reconnaissance, logistics and communications tasks, using Anduril’s Lattice software. The joint industrial origin is recorded separately from the location of any future production line.

EDGE’s November 2025 airshow summary identifies a UAE commitment for 50 aircraft. The programme announcement places full-rate production at the end of 2028 as a plan. That future target is not evidence that fifty aircraft have already been built or delivered.

The public product page supplies mission and architecture information but not a complete numerical performance baseline. Comparable mass, payload and endurance figures remain unverified here. Later test, production and acceptance announcements can be added as distinct milestones without treating an order and an operational capability as the same event.

Sourced specifications

Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.

SpecificationReported valueContext & source
AirframeGroup 3 fixed-wing tail-sitterSupplier programme description. Source ↗
Launch / recoveryVertical take-off and landingTail-sitter architecture. Source ↗
PropulsionNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
DimensionsNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
MassNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
EnduranceNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
RangeNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
SpeedNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
AltitudeNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
PayloadNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
SensorsNot established in the reviewed public sources.Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source ↗
Communications / navigationLattice integration describedSoftware architecture claim; specific customer fit not established. Source ↗

Publication history

  • — Added in the September 2026 global coverage review, with sources, configuration limits and explicit data gaps.

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Follow the evidence

Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.

  1. EDGE OMEN programme page (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  2. EDGE Dubai Airshow commitments, 24 November 2025 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer
  3. EDGE–Anduril OMEN announcement and planned production timeline (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer

Explore the connections

Manufacturer indexUnited Arab Emirates

EDGE / ADASI

Aircraft and programme links: REACH-S, GARMOOSHA.

Reviewed 20 Sept 2026Read
Air · Coverage auditMiddle East

Middle East defence drone coverage audit

6 original research topics reviewed: 0 resolved, 6 partially resolved and 0 still open. The remaining register identifies specific evidence needs.

Reviewed 21 Sept 2026Read
CompanyUnited States

Anduril Industries

Coverage focus: FQ-44 Fury. A defence technology company spanning collaborative aircraft, mission autonomy and counter-drone systems.

Reviewed 20 Sept 2026Read