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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.

Royal Navy of Oman Takes Delivery of Damen Clipper
2014-09-26 Read More...
On 12 September, the Royal Navy of Oman formally accepted ownership of its new sail training vessel at a ceremony at Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. The three-masted steel clipper, named RNOV Shabab Oman II, will

Elcome to Build Maritime Communication Network for Oman
2014-09-10 Read More...
Elcome International, the leading marine solutions provider and system integrator in the Middle East and one of the largest marine technology suppliers in the world, is playing a key role in building a new maritime communication network for the

Royal Navy of Oman Receives New Warship
2014-05-29 Read More...
HM Naval Base Portsmouth was lit up red, white and green this morning as BAE Systems handed over the third of three new warships to the Royal Navy of

Iranian Air Force Chief Meets Omani Defense Officials
2014-05-08 Read More...
Commander of the Iranian Air Force Brigadier General Hassan Shah-Safi (photo) discussed on Monday bilateral cooperation with Omani Minister Responsible for Defense Affairs Bader Bin Saud

Oman, Iran Discuss Expansion of Military Cooperation
2014-04-11 Read More...
In a meeting in Muscat (Oman) Wednesday, Senior Iranian and Omani Commanders underlined the need for the expansion of mutual military cooperation between the two

Iran, Oman Start 11th Joint Military Committee Meeting
2014-04-08 Read More...
High-ranking Iranian and Omani Commanders kicked off the 11th meeting of their Joint Military Friendship Committee in Muscat on

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