Emirati defence technology house EDGE Group has been awarded two contracts to supply its Anavia HT-100 and HT-750 rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defence (MoD), EDGE announced on 22 January 2026 at the UMEX/SimTEX 2026 exhibitions in Abu Dhabi.
Under the contracts EDGE entity Anavia, a Swiss company specialising in designing and manufacturing advanced UAVs, will produce and deliver 76 HT-100s and 92 HT-750s to the UAE MoD, with EDGE asserting that the contracts constitute one of the world’s largest orders to date for autonomous UAVs.
The mission-proven HT-100 is a day/night, adverse-weather-capable rotary-wing UAV designed as a rapidly deployable alternative to manned rotorcraft for intelligence and data-gathering missions. The larger HT-750, meanwhile, is a multi-role unmanned helicopter designed for logistics missions, capable of transporting heavy payloads while maintaining “exceptional” flight stability.
Jon Andri Jörg, the CEO of Anavia, was quoted in an EDGE press release as stating, “Our contracts with the UAE’s MoD highlights our ongoing dedication to enabling advanced unmanned intelligence and logistics operations through the latest technology in autonomous systems. The global security landscape is evolving towards an increasingly unmanned future and, while simultaneously contributing to the UAE’s advanced technology ecosystem, Anavia will continue to innovate in developing high-performance systems that deliver industry-leading capabilities.”
