{"id":414147,"date":"2026-07-16T16:16:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=414147"},"modified":"2026-07-16T16:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:16:13","slug":"edge-group-to-acquire-brazilian-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/edge-group-to-acquire-brazilian-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Edge Group to acquire Brazilian company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Abu Dhabi-based <a href=\"https:\/\/edgegroup.ae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edge Group<\/a> and Brazil\u2019s Akaer announced on Thursday (16) in S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos, S\u00e3o Paulo state, that the Emirati company will acquire a 100% stake in the Brazilian firm following months of collaboration on the development and industrialization of unmanned systems. In a statement, Edge Group, one of the United Arab Emirates\u2019 largest defense companies, said the transaction is subject to regulatory approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akaer develops technology solutions for a range of industries, particularly the aerospace sector. It has contributed to the development of military aircraft for Brazil, as well as satellite and infrared systems, among other technologies. The company is Brazilian-owned and headquartered in S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the statement, Edge Group CEO and Managing Director Hamad Al Marar said Akaer will bring valuable engineering expertise to the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a highly specialized team with three decades of experience delivering complex aerospace programs, and that expertise strengthens what we can offer across the Group. Our priority is continuity, for AKAER\u2019s people, its programs and its customers, while building the foundation for long term growth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement also said Akaer will continue to operate in Brazil under local management. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. In recent years, Edge Group has invested in other Brazilian defense companies, including non-lethal weapons manufacturer Condor and SIATT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/edge-groups-siatt-opens-new-brazil-headquarters\/\">EDGE Group\u2019s SIATT opens new Brazil headquarters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-414139\">Supplied<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abu Dhabi-based defense and technology group Edge has reached an agreement to acquire Akaer, a Brazilian company with which it already has a partnership. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":414139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[11909,57426,50413,50414,28575,31761,12147,50835,57427,9579],"class_list":{"0":"post-414147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-abu-dhabi-en-2","9":"tag-akaer-2","10":"tag-condor-2","11":"tag-edge-group-2","12":"tag-emirados-arabes-unidos-en","13":"tag-engenharia-en","14":"tag-engineering","15":"tag-siatt-2","16":"tag-systems","17":"tag-uae-en"},"wps_subtitle":"Abu Dhabi-based defense and technology group Edge has reached an agreement to acquire Akaer, a Brazilian company with which it already has a partnership. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414147"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":414149,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414147\/revisions\/414149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}