Hamad AlMarar
CHAIRMAN
MAESTRAL designs, manufactures, and provides sustainment solutions for advanced surface and subsea vessels that are playing a key role in future-focused maritime defence, security and coast guard engagements in the UAE and around the world. As a naval solutions provider, we are at the cutting edge of maritime defence, interdiction, and rescue, helping customers stay ahead of the rapidly evolving defence landscape. New threats and vulnerabilities demand the out-of-the-box innovative platforms, systems and technologies we deliver.
With access to the extensive technical, manufacturing, financing and commercial capabilities of its two joint-venture partners, MAESTRAL’s in-house engineering design and service capabilities develop intellectual property solutions to meet the full range of bespoke customer fleet requirements.We produce a range of surface vessels, including offshore patrol vessels, corvettes, light frigates, and oceanographic, landing platform deck, and service ships. We also are engaged in the design, development and production of underwater technologies, including unmanned systems for critical underwater infrastructure protection and seabed mapping, next-generation submarines, drone-carrier ships, and lightweight torpedoes. This work will contribute to the UAE’s position as a regional pioneer in underwater technology innovation.
Tapping into the relationships of both parent companies with leading international OEMs, we complement our shipbuilding and sustainment capabilities with systems integration solutions covering weapons, ISR sensors, and command and control systems.
CHAIRMAN
CEO & MD
We live in an accelerating world. Characterised by uncharted frontiers, the future is empowered by advanced technology that is galvanising a new breed of players. At the edge of these frontiers exist no limits, where boundless opportunities await.
Transforming how we live, and ensuring a more secure future, is what we do. We are EDGE; and our mission is simple. To disrupt complacency. To move with speed. And to counter threats.
We will not only revolutionise the defence industry, but we will change its fundamentals. We are the vanguard of the next generation, of a reimagined sector. We prioritise technology in a non-binary world and seek universal solutions.
Visit EDGEWith a 230-year heritage of industrial excellence, Fincantieri is today one of the world’s leading shipbuilding groups, operating across all segments of high-value-added naval engineering. The company is the global leader in cruise ship construction and an internationally recognised player in the defence and offshore specialised vessel sectors. Across 18 shipyards on three continents, the company’s 23,000 employees design and build the ships of tomorrow, digital, green, and future-proofed.
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