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Aerostat and persistent surveillance programs in the Gulf and Egypt, covering tethered aerostats, airborne early warning aircraft and long-range radars used for border, coastal and critical infrastructure surveillance, and the suppliers competing for these programs.
Aerostat-based ISR and long-range surveillance has become a critical layer of Gulf air-defense and energy-infrastructure protection during the war.
In October 2026 the UAE's Tawazun Council was defining how Emirati companies could support HENSOLDT's radar proposals as the assessment moves to its next stage, with German approvals shaping whether they advance.
This topic page tracks UAE and Qatar tactical aerostat programs for border, coastal and critical infrastructure surveillance, Qatar's 28 January 2026 order for Thales GM200 and GM400 Alpha radars to close early-warning gaps, Barzan Holdings' technical evaluation of a Thales-HAVELSAN coastal surveillance proposal, the role of Qatar's US-operated AN/TPY-2 radars, Egypt's Saab GlobalEye procurement to replace the aging E-2C Hawkeye 2000 fleet, the HENSOLDT TRML-4D radar talks for the Egyptian Air Force, and the SMART-L EWC radar negotiations between AOI and Thales Netherlands.
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