omen drone for 14 November 2025

Omen Drone Latest News

America's Anduril and the UAE's state-owned defence conglomerate, EDGE Group, will jointly develop the Omen drone at a new, 50,000 square feet (4,645 square metres) research centre in Abu Dhabi.

About Omen Drone

• It is a new tail-sitting vertical takeoff and landing drone with a hybrid-electric propulsion system. 
• It will be developed by America's Anduril and the UAE's state-owned defence conglomerate, EDGE Group.
• It is intended to be modular and adaptable to a wide array of military and non-military missions. 
• The Omen drone is designed to complement larger systems in tactical roles such as maritime surveillance, critical infrastructure protection, and persistent ISR coverage over choke points and coastal areas. 

Omen Drone Features

• Omen is a twin-rotor aircraft that takes off from and lands in a tail-sitting position, where it stands about 10 feet tall. 
• It features relatively long and slender main wings, mounted toward the rear of the fuselage, together with canard foreplanes on either side of the nose. 
• It also has a twin-boom tail configuration extending from the rear of the nacelles on each wing.
• It is compact, foldable, and transportable by a two-person team without heavy infrastructure, allowing deployment from rough terrain or forward sites.
• It is designed to switch between two flight modes: it can take off, hover, and land vertically like a drone or helicopter but can also transition to airplane-style flight for longer and faster missions. 
• Its open architecture supports modular payloads like electro-optical or infrared sensors and communication relays.

Source: TH