Jabbar 150 Egyptian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

The Jabbar 150 Egyptian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) s a long-endurance, one-way attack drone developed by the Egyptian private defense firm Tornex Egypt and unveiled at EDEX 2025 (Egypt Defense Expo) in early December 2025. The system represents a significant milestone in Egypt's transition from a UAV operator to a UAV producer, signaling the country's push toward developing an independent, domestically manufactured combat ecosystem. The Jabbar-150 closely mirrors Iran's Shahed-136 drone in overall layout and design philosophy. It features a streamlined, slender fuselage with cropped delta wings and a compact profile optimized for low radar detectability. The drone is explicitly designed as a single-use, one-way attack platform intended for mass launch from truck-mounted ramps. The design emphasizes affordability and ease of production, utilizing commercially available components wherever possible—including metal and composite structures, automotive or motorcycle-derived engines, and off-the-shelf avionics modules adapted for military use. This philosophy mirrors trends observed in Ukraine and the Middle East, where inexpensive one-way attack drones have proven effective at exhausting air defense systems. The system reflects a deliberate effort to pull private industry into Egypt's unmanned ecosystem alongside state-linked entities such as the Arab Organization for Industrialization. Tornex is signaling both domestic ambition and export aspirations, positioning the Jabbar-150 as a locally branded alternative to Iranian, Chinese, or Western systems.