Jeer UAV displayed at the Edge Group stall during IDEX 2025. (Janes/Amit Kalra)
Edge Group unveiled a prototype of a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) named Jeer at the International Defence Exhibition & Conference (IDEX) 2025 held in Abu Dhabi from 17 to 21 February.
The company said Jeer is designed for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and ground attack missions. The prototype displayed at the event featured a Rutan design (canard configuration) and two Desert Sting 16 air-to-ground guided munitions, fitted to the two wing hardpoints (one each).
Janes analysis indicates the UAV is powered by a horizontally opposed four-cylinder, turbocharged piston engine with a rating in the range of 100โ120 hp and driving a three-blade propeller in pusher configuration. The airframe is constructed using composite material with sweptback high aspect ratio wings, a rectangular section fuselage, a shoulder-mounted complex delta-wing planform having winglets with control surfaces, and high-mounted canards. It has a dorsal air intake towards the aft section of the fuselage, and features a fixed tricycle landing gear configuration, with the main landing gear having spring steel legs.
The Jeer has multiple attachment points under the wings, which suggest it can be equipped with more pylons (as opposed to the two observed on the prototype). The UAV was also observed carrying a multisensor gimballed electro-optic (EO) turret under the front fuselage belly section. Given the role of the platform, the turret could have a daytime sensor, infrared sensor, laser rangefinder, and laser designator.
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