EDGE Group CEO says space, Africa are 2 critical areas for growth in coming years
IDEX 2025 — As the national champion of the UAE defense market, it’s no surprise that EDGE Group has the largest space on the show floor here at IDEX 2025, nor that it seems to have the lion’s share of unveilings and announcements through the start of the conference.
Among the announcements today: EDGE’s joint venture with Fincantieri, known as MAESTRAL, was awarded its first-ever deal , a five-year, €500 million service support deal with the UAE navy. The conglomerate also unveiled a number of unmanned ground vehicles, its new first-person view UAVs, and debuted its national offshore patrol vessel Falaj 3, dubbed the Altaf.
But as big as its presence seems on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, EDGE has greater ambitions, according to CEO and managing director Hamad Al Marar. He laid out his plans for growth in an exclusive Monday interview with Breaking Defense.