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US Navy Tests Unmanned Speedboats with Nano Drones in Arabian Sea
2021-10-27 Read More...
Unmanned speed boats were skimming across in the Arabian Sea last Wednesday, according to the US Fifth Fleet, The National

GCC, Egypt, Jordan Attend Chiefs-of-Staff Meeting in Florida
2019-03-25 Read More...
Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief-of-Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, attended the meeting of the Chiefs-of-Staff of the GCC countries, Egypt and Jordan, in addition to the US Central Command, which was held last week in Tampa,

Saudi Arabia, UAE Form Military Alliance
2017-12-07 Read More...
The UAE announced on Tuesday it had formed a new alliance with Saudi Arabia in a move that will bring the two countries closer together on a wide range of key areas including defense, political institutions and the

UAE Chief-of-Staff Receives Chief of British Defence Staff
2017-01-09 Read More...
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant-General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al-Rumaithi received British Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart

ECSSR Hosts 4th-Generation Warfare Conference in Abu Dhabi
2016-05-18 Read More...
Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) has organized a conference entitled

UAE Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Armed Forces Unification
2016-05-09 Read More...
The UAE’s leadership has praised the skill and determination of the men and women of the Armed Forces while reaffirming the nation’s commitment to ongoing military operations in

Emirates to Invest $14.5 Billion on 37 New Planes
2016-02-02 Read More...
Dubai-based Emirates airline has unveiled plans to expand its fleet with the addition of 37 new planes, worth a total of $14.5 billion, to support its expansion of global operations, said a

Sheikh Mohammed Visits Emirati Peninsula Shield Force
2012-12-28 Read More...
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, was briefed on military tasks at the Emirati unit of the Peninsula Shield Force in Bahrain earlier this

UAE Hosts “Eagle Resolve 2011”
2011-05-27 Read More...
Groups from 14 countries are taking part in two weeks of military drills that began in the UAE on

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