The UAE Space Agency and EDGE Group continue to advance the Sirb program, a planned constellation of three synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites initiated under a 2023 memorandum of understanding (MoU).
As the industrial lead, EDGE has moved from preliminary planning into active development and is now coordinating an expanded network of foreign partners to support spacecraft design, payload selection, and domestic industrial build-up.
This note provides an overview of the latest program status, including:
- Progress in international vendor negotiations and cooperation tracks
- EDGE’s evolving criteria for final partner selection
- Current development phase, industrial readiness, and projected deployment timeline
