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Saudi Arabia to Get Largest US Deal
2010-08-17 Read More...
The Wall Street Journal reported that the Obama administration plans to include attack helicopters in an expanded arms package for Saudi Arabia, swelling the size of the proposed deal to about $60 billion over 10 years, according to officials

Raytheon: $55m Saudi Missile Contract
2010-07-19 Read More...
Raytheon has won a $55 million contract for delivery of Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wireless-Guided (TOW) 2A Radio Frequency missiles to Saudi National Guard.

30 VAMTAC's to Saudi Arabia
2010-07-01 Read More...
Al Defaiya learned that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia received, this past week, its first delivery of some 30 VAMTAC S3 – Armoured BN 1.6 vehicles. These vehicles are manufactured by UROVESA of

New Saudi Air Force Commander
2010-06-20 Read More...
Saudi Arabia appointed Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Ayish as the Kingdom's new Air Force Commander after his predecessor retired, Okaz newspaper reported on June

Lockheed Martin: $40m Saudi Deal
2010-05-21 Read More...
Lockheed Martin signed a $40 million foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) to the Royal Saudi Air Force. This is the second Sniper ATP purchase in a multi-year precision sensor modernisation program to

Raytheon: Training Unit in Riyadh
2010-05-11 Read More...
Raytheon Company has created a private limited company in Riyadh to pursue training opportunities in the kingdom and the

Saudi Arabia Tops Italy's Arms Sales
2010-04-10 Read More...
Italy's arms exports jumped by 61.3% to 4.9 billion euros in 2009, newly released government figures show, thanks mainly to a hefty contribution from the sale of Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia. Although the Eurofighter deal with Saudi Arabia was

KACST: Cooperation with Selex Galileo
2010-03-19 Read More...
The Saudi independent scientific organization King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) recently signed a co-operation agreement with SELEX GALILEO in the defense electronics field. According to such an agreement, SELEX GALILEO and

1st Saudi Private Airport in 2014
2010-03-19 Read More...
Saudi Arabia's first privately owned airport is likely to be ready by 2014, according to a senior official of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA).The new airport will be built on the other side of the existing Prince Mohammad Bin Abdul

Saudi to Spend $666m on Airport Expansions
2010-03-01 Read More...
Saudi Arabia is spending SR2.5 billion ($666.7 million) to expand the kingdom's airports, the state news-agency SPA reported on Sunday.'These projects include the development, creation and expansion of 23 airports, locally, that will serve around 9

Saudi Arabia Buys MBDA Missiles
2010-02-20 Read More...
Saudi Arabia has signed a deal to acquire the Storm Shadow cruise missile from MBDA as part of a Tornado strike aircraft update package, said industry sources.The weapons package also includes the Brimstone anti-armor missile, they said.

Saudi Opens Military Supply to Local Firms
2010-02-06 Read More...
For the first time, Saudi Arabia's Defence Ministry will allow local firms to bid to supply basic materials, excluding arms, with the long-term goal of encouraging a domestic military industry, officials

KACST & SELEX Galileo: Collaboration Agreement
2010-01-27 Read More...
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) has signed a collaboration agreement with SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company and key player in the defence electronics

Rolls-Royce in Deal with KAUST
2010-01-27 Read More...
Rolls-Royce said on Monday it will become a founding member of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Kaust) Industrial Collaboration Program that will see the university contribute in developing technologies for use in Rolls-Royce

Rolls Royce: R&D Facility in Saudi Arabia
2009-12-20 Read More...
Emaar, The Economic City (Emaar E.C.), the Tadawul-listed company developing King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), hosted a delegation in KAEC from Rolls-Royce (RR), one of largest aircraft engine manufacturing companies in the world. Rolls Royce is

Saudi Arabia Receives 1st 2 S-434 Helicopters
2009-12-16 Read More...
Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a business unit of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., today announced that its Light Helicopters Division has delivered the first two S-434TM helicopters to the Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (MOI). Sikorsky

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