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Royal Air Force of Oman Receives First Eurofighter Typhoon
2017-06-27 Read More...
The Royal Air Force of Oman has taken delivery of its first Eurofighter Typhoon combat

Oman’s Defense Affairs Minister Meets British Defense Chief
2017-05-17 Read More...
Sayyid Bader bin Saud bin Harib Al Busaidi, Minister Responsible for Defense Affairs recently met in London Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, British Chief of the Defense Staff and Lord Astor, trade envoy of the British Prime

Omani-Indian Military Cooperation Committee Holds 9th Meeting
2017-04-19 Read More...
The 9th meeting of the joint Omani-Indian military cooperation committee was held Monday evening at the Indian Ministry of Defense building in New Delhi, Oman News Agency (ONA)

Oman, Iran to Hold Joint Rescue and Relief Drills
2017-04-11 Read More...
Senior Iranian and Omani military officials in a meeting in Muscat discussed broadening of defense cooperation, Fars News Agency (FNA)

South African Minister of Defense Concludes Visit to Oman
2016-11-10 Read More...
Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula, Minister of Defense and Military Veterans in the Republic of South Africa left Muscat Tuesday evening after an official several-day visit to the Sultanate of

Austal Delivers Second High Speed Support Vessel to Oman
2016-09-20 Read More...
Austal Limited (Austal) announced that the RNOV Al Naasir (S12) High Speed Support Vessel (HSSV) has been delivered to the Royal Navy of

French Defense Minister Visits Sultanate of Oman
2016-09-20 Read More...
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived in Muscat Saturday evening, on a visit to the Sultanate of Oman during which he met with a number of senior officials in the Sultanate and held talks with Sayyid Badr bin Saud al Busaidy, Minister

Oman’s Chief of Staff Receives South Africa’s Army Chief
2016-08-24 Read More...
Lt General Ahmed bin Harith al Nabhani, Chief of Staff of the Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF), received in his office at Mu’askar Al Murtafa’a on Monday Lt General Lindile Yam, Chief of Army of South Africa, Oman News Agency (ONA)

Oman Requests Follow-on Support for Existing F-16 Fleet
2016-05-31 Read More...
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Oman for continuation of logistics support services and equipment. The estimated cost is $260

Sultanate of Oman to Receive Raytheon’s TOW 2B Missiles
2016-01-11 Read More...
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Oman of TOW 2B missiles, related equipment and support. The estimated cost is $51 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency

Iran, Oman to Conduct Joint Naval Drills
2015-12-22 Read More...
Iranian and Omani naval forces announced that they are slated to conduct joint naval wargames in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, Fars News Agency (FNA)

BAE Systems, Oman Sail Launch Schools’ Leadership Initiative
2015-12-16 Read More...
BAE Systems, the global defence, aerospace and security company, the Ministry of Education of the Sultanate of Oman and Oman Sail have joined forces to launch a schools’ leadership development

18 Omani Students Visit BAE Systems
2015-12-08 Read More...
Following the first successful Insight into Industry Day held in 2014, Omani students studying at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) attended last week the second Insight into Industry visit at BAE Systems’ Military Air

LS Telcom Offers Radio Monitoring, Spectrum Management Systems in the Middle East
2015-10-02 Read More...
LS telcom is an expert in the development and integration of automated spectrum management, radio monitoring, and direction finding systems. It provides its own systems, SPECTRA for spectrum management and LS OBSERVER for radio monitoring and

GCC Military Medical Units Conclude Joint Drills in Oman
2015-01-09 Read More...
The military medical units of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Armed Forces took part in the joint medical exercise, “Medical Cooperation 3”, held between 21 and 29 December 2014 and hosted by the Sultanate of Oman.

Raytheon to Supply AMRAAM Missiles to Sultanate of Oman
2014-12-26 Read More...
Raytheon Company is being awarded a fixed-price contract $491,478,068 for the Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile.

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