Role & capabilities
- Multirole aircraft
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Multirole aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- EDGE / ADASI
- Origin / production countries
- United Arab Emirates
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- See the named configuration and evidence notes
- Operators / programme customers
- United Arab Emirates — order for 100 announced; full delivery status not established
Evidence & current status
Specifications are attributed public claims. Configuration, current fleet size and deliveries may not be fully disclosed.
REACH-S is a fixed-wing aircraft developed within EDGE’s Advanced Concepts organisation, with ADASI responsible for production and contract delivery. It represents a domestic UAE medium-altitude programme rather than a locally operated imported type. EDGE describes automatic take-off and landing, an under-fuselage optical sensor installation and provision for additional military payloads.
The programme received a notable procurement commitment in November 2023, when EDGE announced a UAE Ministry of Defence order for one hundred aircraft. At the time, the company described completed flight tests and further endurance testing ahead. The order is evidence of a customer commitment; it should not be read as confirmation that the full number had already entered service.
The current product page supplies a 640-kilogram maximum take-off mass and a twenty-four-hour advertised endurance. The two-hundred-kilometre distance is explicitly measured from the ground control station. It is therefore labelled as operating coverage rather than fuel-limited flight range. The specifications remain manufacturer claims for the advertised configuration, while delivered sensor fits, acceptance dates and final fleet totals are not established by the reviewed sources.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Fixed-wing MALE aircraft | Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance. Source |
| Launch / recovery | Automatic take-off and landing | Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance. Source |
| Propulsion | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source |
| Dimensions | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source |
| Mass | Maximum take-off weight 640 kg | Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance. Source |
| Endurance | 24 hours | Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance. Source |
| Range | 200 km from ground control station | Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance. Source |
| Speed | 150 km/h cruise | Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance. Source |
| Altitude | Up to 22,000 ft | Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance. Source |
| Payload | Maximum 120 kg | Manufacturer-published figure; configuration and conditions may affect performance. Source |
| Sensors | Underbelly electro-optical sensor installation | Described at order announcement. Source |
| Communications / navigation | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source |
Documented milestones
UAE order announced
EDGE reported an order for 100 aircraft and ADASI production responsibility.
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Publication history
- — Added a sourced global catalogue profile with configuration-specific data and explicit evidence limits.
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