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Is it possible to force uBlock and HTTPS Everywhere, but stop all other extensions?

Yes. Google offers ADMX templates for controlling Chrome which can be deployed through group policy. It includes an extension blacklist, which accepts wildcards. In my case, I put a * in there. It also has an extension whitelist, and a list of "force-installed apps and extensions".

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/187202?hl=en

This is one place where Google actually did really do their homework, IMHO.

Is something comparable available for Firefox?

I found a Firefox ADMX template project on GitHub, though it's third party and entails running a VBS file on system startup, so I wouldn't recommend it.

Most software patching solutions have a way to push files though, and you can use something like this: https://www.itsupportguides.com/knowledge-base/tech-tips-tri...

They are working on it: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/EnterprisePolicies

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