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2025-11-10

Calidus B-250: Mission Ready Aircraft

Calidus Holding Group designs, engineers, and produces advanced solutions with national expertise, right here in the UAE. By integrating land, air, and missile systems under one umbrella, Calidus established a model that positioned it as more than just a manufacturer. It has became a strategic enabler that strengthens the position of national defence industries.

As part of its diverse product portfolio, the Group offers advanced aviation systems, including the B-250 light attack aircraft, the B-250T advanced trainer, and the WX-80 cloud seeding and weather research aircraft.

Calidus B-250: Multi-Role Light Attack Aircraft - Design and Development

The B-250 is the first in its class to be fully designed and developed specifically for its mission, with a carbon fiber structure featuring less weight and high strength.

The B-250 is equipped with advanced systems including next generation avionics, mission, communication, and self-protection systems.

General Characteristics & Specifications

The aircraft is equipped with one Pratt and Whitney PT6A-68 engine providing 1,600 SHP. The aircraft achieves a maximum horizontal speed of 301 knots with maximum endurance up to 12 hours and a maximum range up to 2400 nautical mile depending on the aircraft configuration, and a maximum ceiling of 30,000 ft. The aircraft is equipped with seven external stores with a maximum external payload of approximately 1,800 kg in addition to an EO/IR gimbal. The aircraft cockpit is pressurized and equipped with OBOGS and Martin Baker (Zero-Zero) ejection seats.

The highly sophisticated B-250 aircraft can conduct missions in all combat conditions. In addition to its ability to carry out long-distance sorties, the B-250 is equipped with integrated independent systems to deal with targets in all types of terrain, which empower it to achieve high performance in all geographical areas.

In addition, a big variety of weapons, ammunition, smart missiles, and laser-guided bombs can be qualified for the aircraft to strike targets with extreme accuracy. The aircraft is also designed to rearm quickly after landing even in bases with rugged terrain.

All this gives the aircraft an advantage among its competitors in performing various missions in a superior manner, with advanced capabilities and high-precision weapons.

That allows the pilots and joint air command control units to efficiently conduct multi-role combat missions, explore the development of the battle, share weapon systems data, accurately identify friendly and foe forces, gain full military situational awareness, collect real-time operational information on forces, and transfer this information to the operations and command center through an advanced digital system.
This makes the B-250 exceed all expectations in terms of achieving mission objectives and neutralizing and eliminating hostile forces.

Calidus B-250T: The Trainer Aircraft

The B-250 Trainer (B-250T), designed and developed by Calidus LLC, is a versatile, high-performance, and modern training aircraft. The B-250T presents a superior and unique training platform. Combining its state-of-the-art structural modern design, comprising of high-strength carbon fibre structure and cutting-edge avionics, the B-250T delivers optimised training whilst achieving the desired pilot endurance levels.

The unique aerodynamic design of the B-250T allows for outstanding aerobatic manoeuvrability and exceptional performance. Calidus designed the B-250T to ensure easy maintenance and flexibility for multiple configurations and future enhancements.

State-of-the-Art Cockpit

The B-250T is fully capable of satisfying all training requirements from entry-level to advanced-level. Its integrated systems offer full pilot operational awareness facilitated by a cutting-edge Large Area Display (LAD) tailored to customer needs. The cockpit layout, tandem seat positioning with roomy space, and pressurised systems with air conditioning system were carefully designed to allow an exceptional training experience.

High Training Capability

At the heart of the B-250T design, was a careful consideration to offer a top learning and training experience allowing trainee pilots to transition to advanced levels in no time. This is guaranteed due to the B-250T encompassing the latest groundbreaking technologies for military missions.

It is equipped with a sophisticated yet user-friendly fifth generation cockpit, found in modern fighter aircraft, which is already proven in the B-250 Light Attack Aircraft allowing pilots to easily convert to compatible platforms.

In addition, the aircraft design facilitates flexible selection among various potential missions tailored to customer needs via different add-on options. Thus, this state-of-the-art integrated design offered by cutting-edge avionics and mission systems creates advanced situational awareness and allows the pilot instructors to provide a comprehensive and integrated learning experience attained through the B-250T.

Ready-for-Mission Training

A cost-efficient highlight of the B-250T is the intelligently designed Ground-Based Training System (GBTS), which assures highly efficient and effective learning on the ground paving the way for foolproof training in the air. Utilising revolutionary learning technologies such as immersive virtual reality tools and comprehensive mission-tailored training programmes, the B-250T GBTS offers a complete flight simulation progressive training experience and guarantees that pilots will be ready for any mission at minimal costs.

The B-250T allows for various sophisticated simulations and functionalities including radar, sensor, mission system management, air-to-air and air-to-ground operations with day-and-night operations. The avionics and mission simulation represent the latest which technology can offer and result in qualifying the trainee pilots for real-life operations in time effective and cost-efficient manners.

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