The Ministry of Defense e-Services Excellence Award was inaugurated under the patronage of Lt-General Ahmed bin Harith bin Nasser al- Nabhani, Chief-of-Staff of the Sultan Armed Forces (SAF), as part of the steps of the Ministry of Defense towards digital transformation and facilitating its services through IT systems.

The ceremony, which was held at the Office of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Defense, started with the speech of the Acting Head of IT Services in which he spoke about the evolution of IT services, embodied by the digital transformation, in the Ministry of Defense and the Sultan's Armed Forces in line with the technological boom in the use of ICT around the world.

Then SAF Chief-of-Staff, the patron of the event inaugurated the award, according to Oman News Agency (ONA).

The award aims to encourage the departments of the Ministry of Defense and SAF Corps to accelerate the promotion of their performance, improve the efficiency of its work and stimulate the activation of electronic services to meet the needs of the work.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by a number of Commanders of SAF, a number of SAF Senior Officers, and other guests.