Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Edge and Anduril To Partner on Autonomous Air Vehicles
Archer is providing the electric propulsion system developed for its eVTOL aircraft
Omen autonomous air vehicle
Anduril and Edge are jointly developing the Omen autonomous air vehicle with an electric propulsion system provided by eVTOL aircraft developer Archer. © Anduril Edge Archer

UAE defense technology group Edge is to partner in a joint venture with U.S. defense tech company Anduril to develop and produce next-generation Omen autonomous air vehicles (AAVs). The collaboration announced on November 17 will include the establishment of the Edge-Anduril Production Alliance in the Emirates that will provide sales and sustainment support, as well as produce a range of AAVs aimed at both civil and defense requirements.

Omen is the first product of the joint venture, a recently developed hover-to-cruise AAV that has been designed to provide the endurance, payload, and mission flexibility of larger vehicles in a runway-independent Group 3 airframe. It draws on Anduril’s Lattice for Mission Autonomy software and Group 3 VTOL development, with heavy investment from Edge.

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