EOS confirms $175m contract to supply Slinger RWS in United Arab Emirates

The systems are reportedly intended to strengthen defence systems in light of ongoing regional tensions in the Middle East.

The systems are expected to be manufactured in Australia and the UAE and delivered on 2027 and 2028.

The company also announced a conditional joint venture (JV) shareholders agreement for high energy laser weapons and remote weapon stations.

“EOS has worked closely with the UAE government for many years to provide a range of high technology counter-drone systems. EOS is recognised for its innovative counter-drone technology, including Slinger, EOS’ counter-drone kinetic RWS, and Apollo, EOS’ High Energy Laser Weapon (HELW) product.”

“EOS and Gen5 have entered into a binding, conditional, joint-venture shareholders agreement to establish an incorporated joint venture for the development, manufacturing and global distribution of a 200-300kW next generation HELW.

“(As well as) the manufacturing and distribution of EOS’ existing 100-150kW HELW in the UAE and the manufacturing and distribution of certain existing EOS RWS, including the R400, R500 and R800 in UAE and certain other MENA countries.

VIEW ALL

“This JV is a strategic growth initiative, formed to capitalise on EOS technology and establish advanced manufacturing capability in the UAE.

“The JV provides the potential to allow EOS to accelerate the development, manufacturing and sale of the next generation, 200kW-300kW HELW technology; produce 100-150kW HELW in the UAE for local market arising between the UAE and the Republic of Korea and regional markets, embed a deep partnership with EOS’ longstanding Middle Eastern customer and secure market access to the important MENA region.”

It’s anticipated that the JV will be based in Abu Dhabi and will have a 50/50 equity contribution and profit sharing between Gen5 and EOS.

Robert Dougherty

Robert is a senior journalist who has previously worked for Seven West Media in Western Australia, as well as Fairfax Media and Australian Community Media in New South Wales. He has produced national headlines, photography and videography of emergency services, business, community, defence and government news across Australia. Robert graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Majoring in Public Relations and Journalism at Curtin University, attended student exchange program with Fudan University and holds Tier 1 General Advice certification for Kaplan Professional. Reach out via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or via LinkedIn.