"Calds" She concludes her participation in "UMEX and SIMTEX 2026"

Abu Dhabi, January 22 / WAM / Caldis Holding Group concluded its participation in the activities of the seventh edition of the “UMEX and SimTEX 2026” exhibitions.

The company’s platform within the UAE’s national pavilion witnessed high-level visits by senior officials, military commanders, decision-makers, heads and members of participating delegations, who praised what Calidus revealed for the first time of a group of its latest defense products developed and manufactured locally, which confirms the merit and distinction of the national defense product based on innovation, precision, and integrating the best advanced technologies in light of the approach drawn up by the wise leadership in order to strengthen and support the national defense industries system and its expansion regionally and internationally.

The products included vertical take-off and landing drones for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and logistical missions by supporting unmanned air transport, in addition to the unmanned ground vehicle “Cobra,” which is specifically designed to provide exceptional flexibility of movement and a high ability to deal with and confront air and ground targets, as it is equipped with air defense missiles, anti-armor missiles, a radar system, and an optical system to discover, monitor, distinguish, track, and deal with targets, with the possibility of using them in various applications. Operational and logistical tasks. This is in addition to “Spider Net”, which the vehicles are equipped with to protect them against drone threats, especially suicide ones, and the multi-mission underwater submarine with a diameter of 21 inches, which is specially designed for long-range missions, operations in deep waters, and high-precision data collection. With its ability to operate at depths exceeding 400 metres, and an operational range of up to 1,200 kilometres, it represents a sustainable and reliable solution for complex missions. It is used for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, marine research, environmental monitoring, oil pipeline inspection and other tasks.

The group also displayed a number of its leading defense products, including the modern B-100 aircraft, the integrated air defense system “Shield” against drones, and the multi-mission combat vehicle “MCAV” equipped with the “Spider Net” system, in addition to its latest solutions designed to meet the requirements of modern missions, with a focus on integrating platforms and raising field readiness and highlighting its capabilities in the fields of engineering development, integration and manufacturing according to advanced operational standards, in order to enhance the efficiency of response and speed of decision-making in environments. Variable operational.

During the global event, Caldis Holding concluded partnership agreements and memorandums of understanding with international partners and user entities to explore cooperation opportunities, the most important of which is the joint partnership and cooperation agreement between the group and Hamim Technology Company, which specializes in developing advanced technologies, and the American company Airgility, which specializes in developing air cargo drones, to develop and produce unmanned observer and tarsh aircraft (drones) with vertical take-off and landing for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and logistical missions by supporting unmanned air transport, providing a reliable ability to… Supplying and transporting loads, enhancing the continuity of operations, and raising the efficiency of field support, within the Calidus factories in Abu Dhabi. In addition, there is a memorandum of understanding with General Atomics Aviation Systems, the global company specialized in unmanned aircraft systems, to cooperate in the joint production of the MQ-9B drone and the Gambit cooperative combat aircraft in the UAE, as well as command, control and battle management systems, in addition to a memorandum of understanding with the Czech company LPP Holding, which specializes in manufacturing unmanned systems, to develop a comprehensive framework for strategic cooperation in the field of unmanned aerial systems, which in turn leads to the establishment of a regional center. For LPP Holding’s autonomous unmanned systems, which contributes to expanding and enhancing the production capabilities and distribution channels for the systems developed by the Czech company.

Dr. Khalifa Murad Al Balushi, Managing Director and CEO of Caldis Holding Group, said in his statements that Caldis’ participation in the two exhibitions is an important milestone that reflected the progress witnessed by the national defense industries, and confirmed the group’s ability to employ local investment, technical innovation, and industrial integration to provide advanced solutions designed and produced within the UAE, indicating that what the group offers today is not limited to displaying advanced platforms, but rather reflects its capabilities to lead the transformation in the defense sector and transform the national vision into an advanced industrial reality.

He described the two exhibitions as a distinguished national platform through which the Caldis Group displayed its industrial capabilities and ambitions and contributed to expanding the horizons of cooperation with its counterparts around the world, which supports national export capabilities, exchanges experiences, and uses all new advanced technologies.

He stressed that Calidus products, which are comparable to their counterparts globally, have received great demand from partners and customers due to their operational reliability, accuracy, and meeting the requirements of various theaters of operations and military environments. He praised the position occupied by the two exhibitions at the regional and international levels and their consolidation, through their successive sessions, of the position of the UAE as a global center for defense and advanced aviation industries, which contributes to supporting the process of development and prosperity that the country is witnessing under the directives of its wise leadership.

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