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Middle East war a boon for UAE defence giant with global ambitions

The Abu Dhabi-owned group said exports made up 70% of $5 billion in sales last year as it opens a Paris headquarters and plans new factories.

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Throughout six months of US-Iran conflict, nearly 3,000 missiles and drones targeted the UAE, denting its image as a safe haven but providing a windfall for Abu Dhabi-owned EDGE, which is embarking on a major European expansion, executives told AFP. "Before the war, we only had a handful of products that we could say were battle proven. After the war, we can say a lot of products are now battle proven," Khaled Al Zaabi, a top EDGE executive told…

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Al-Monitor broke the news in Washington, United States on Monday, August 31, 2026.
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