Outdoing US, China makes a splash at Emirati unmanned defense tech show

Published on January 27, 2024



UMEX 2024 — At one booth a large, sleek unmanned helicopter sits with folded rotors, as if ready to pounce. At another, different torpedoes are stacked up in the shadow of models aerial drones. More drones, painted in gray camouflage pattern, are lit from underneath yards away.

These are just some of the defense platforms on display by Chinese firms at the Unmanned Systems conference (UMEX) in Abu Dhabi this week, where Chinese companies account for the second largest space by nation, ahead of the US and behind only the host country.

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