The UAE has achieved a historic milestone in its aviation and defence sector with the launch of the Badr-250 (B-250) light attack aircraft, the first fully designed and manufactured by Emirati talent.

The B-250T trainer displayed fitted with an electro-optical system and weapons hardpoints at IDEX 2025. (Janes/Jeremy Binnie) The first production model of the Calidus B-250 turboprop light attack ...