# ULTRA (Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft) at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE: deployment

Canonical ID: `8dd0a3a4-897c-48ee-83ea-050037dd7a5c`

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.

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_Last updated: 2026-07-03_

- **Slug:** ultra-uas-al-dhafra-uae
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [ULTRA (Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft)](/models/ultra-uas.md) (id: `b771cf57-329b-4676-89dc-a3625bcd5f4f`)
- **Company:** [DZYNE Technologies](/companies/dzyne-technologies.md) (id: `0ce2f2da-f6c5-4a6d-8ab9-b90be13ba454`)
- **Location:** [Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE](/locations/al-dhafra-uae.md) (id: `dd3e4f57-c786-4bd2-b08d-369958a6c1ab`)
- **First seen:** 2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

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

## 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.


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