11 September 2026

HAVELSAN and Egypt’s AOI Sign Sales Agreement for HAMZA-1 UAV

HAVELSAN and Egypt’s Arab Organization for Industrialization have signed a sales agreement for the HAMZA-1 UAV, moving their joint autonomous-systems programme into a commercial phase.

Three executives holding a bound agreement bearing the Arab Organization for Industrialization and HAVELSAN logos at a signing ceremony. — HAVELSAN and Egypt's Arab Organization for Industrialization sign the HAMZA-1 sales agreement at El Alamein International Airshow 2026. [HAVELSAN]

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Why this article matters
The sales agreement moves HAMZA-1 beyond the joint-production framework established by HAVELSAN and Egypt’s Arab Organization for Industrialization in August 2025 and into a commercial phase. Deliveries are expected to take place in the coming period, although no quantity or delivery schedule has been disclosed.

The programme also places local Egyptian manufacturing within a broader autonomous-systems partnership with HAVELSAN. Having unveiled the first HAMZA-1 at EDEX 2025, the two organisations are now progressing a jointly produced vertical take-off and landing UAV through a sales agreement while continuing to pursue opportunities for jointly developed systems in international markets.

Of Interest
- HAVELSAN and Egypt’s Arab Organization for Industrialization signed the HAMZA-1 sales agreement at El Alamein International Airshow 2026.
- The agreement follows a strategic cooperation agreement signed on 26 August 2025.
- The earlier agreement covers joint production in Egypt of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles with vertical take-off and landing capabilities.
- HAMZA-1 combines HAVELSAN’s autonomous-systems engineering with AOI’s local manufacturing capabilities.
- The first HAMZA-1 system developed under the cooperation was unveiled at EDEX 2025 in Cairo.
- The new agreement extends the programme from joint-production activities into a commercial agreement.
- Deliveries of HAMZA-1 are expected to take place in the coming period.
- No aircraft quantity or delivery schedule was disclosed in the supplied material.
- HAVELSAN and AOI are also pursuing opportunities for jointly developed solutions in international markets.

During the recently held, El Alamein International Airshow 2026, HAVELSAN and Egypt’s Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) signed a sales agreement for the HAMZA-1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, developed under the two organisations’ cooperation in autonomous systems.

The HAMZA-1 programme brings together HAVELSAN’s engineering and technological expertise in autonomous systems with AOI’s local manufacturing capabilities in Egypt.

The new agreement follows the strategic cooperation agreement signed by HAVELSAN and AOI on 26 August 2025, covering the joint production in Egypt of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles with vertical take-off and landing capabilities.

Developed under this cooperation, HAMZA-1 combines HAVELSAN’s engineering and technological expertise in autonomous systems with AOI’s local manufacturing capabilities. The first HAMZA-1 system developed under the cooperation was unveiled at EDEX 2025, held in Cairo in December 2025.

With the sales agreement signed, the HAMZA-1 programme has entered a new phase, extending the cooperation from joint production activities to a commercial agreement. This step further advances HAVELSAN’s approach to combining its technologies with local manufacturing capabilities and pursuing opportunities for jointly developed solutions in international markets.

As part of the agreement, deliveries of HAMZA-1 are expected to take place in the coming period.

The HAMZA-1 programme reflects the developing defence technology cooperation between Türkiye and Egypt while highlighting HAVELSAN’s commitment to international joint production and localisation. Through the programme, HAVELSAN brings its engineering expertise and autonomous systems capabilities together with AOI’s local manufacturing capabilities as part of a long-term cooperation approach.