Deployment
ULTRA (Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft) at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE
Long-endurance Group 5 UAS based on a commercial sport glider airframe, capable of 70+ hour endurance at 25,000 ft with 450 lb payload. ULTRA Turbo variant adds Rotax 916 turbocharged engine for 60+ hour endurance at 30,000 ft and 120 knots. Deployed by USAF at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE for ISR missions across CENTCOM AOR.
ULTRA (Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft) by DZYNE Technologies · Unverified
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ULTRA drones forward-deployed at Al Dhafra Air Base for ISR missions across CENTCOM AOR, including sorties to Afghanistan. FY26/FY27 funding supports continued OCONUS operational assessment.
Safety record
No incidents on record for ULTRA (Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft) at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Unverified
- Last updated
- 2026-07-03
- Company
- DZYNE Technologies
- Location
- Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE
- Status
- operational
- First seen
- 2024-05-01
- ID
8dd0a3a4-897c-48ee-83ea-050037dd7a5c
Sources (1)
- USAF's New Turbocharged ULTRA Surveillance Drones Are Heading To The Middle East · https://www.twz.com/news-features/usafs-new-turbocharged-ultra-surveillance-drones-are-heading-to-the-middle-east · 2024-05-01
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-03
Verification posture
Unreviewed
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-03
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for ULTRA (Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft) at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE.Common questions
- What is the ULTRA (Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft) deployment at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE?
- ULTRA (Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft), built by DZYNE Technologies, is recorded as a deployment at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE on the DEPLOY registry. DZYNE Technologies operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates ULTRA (Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft) at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE?
- DZYNE Technologies, the manufacturer of ULTRA (Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft), operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- When did the ULTRA (Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft) deployment at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting May 1, 2024 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Have there been incidents at the ULTRA (Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft) deployment at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
- Is ULTRA (Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft) at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE safe?
- ULTRA (Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft) at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
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