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UAE AF Selects Thales Alenia Space for Falcon Eye Payload
2014-12-11 Read More...
Thales Alenia Space has been selected by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force to develop the very-high-resolution payload for their Falcon Eye program, within the scope of a consortium led by Airbus Defense and Space.

Saudi Crown Prince Receives Chief of Pakistani Naval Forces
2014-12-10 Read More...
Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, met in Riyadh on Monday with the visiting Commander of Pakistani Naval Forces Admiral Muhammad Zakullah Hilal Imtiyaz and his accompanying delegation.

Lockheed Martin Opens Innovation & Security Center in UAE
2014-12-09 Read More...
Lockheed Martin celebrated the opening of a new state-of-the-art collaboration centre in Masdar City in the UAE Sunday, to explore innovation, advance security and help to achieve the UAE’s vision of building a strong resilient

Bahrain Crown Prince Meets Lockheed Martin CEO
2014-12-09 Read More...
His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, today met Marillyn A Hewson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin

ADSB Sponsors Offshore Patrol Vessels Middle East Summit
2014-12-09 Read More...
Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) announced its sponsorship of the Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) Middle East Summit 2014.

UK to Expand Naval Presence in Bahrain
2014-12-08 Read More...
Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa commended Saturday the signing of a military arrangement between the Government of Bahrain and the United Kingdom (UK)., Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported.

Iraq to Seek NATO’s Support for Building Defense Capacity
2014-12-08 Read More...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced plans to request NATO's assistance in building security capacity, the press statement published on NATO’s official website said.

Saudi Crown Prince Receives Poland’s Minister of Defense
2014-12-05 Read More...
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, held a meeting in Riyadh on Wednesday with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Poland Tomasz Siemoniak, Saudi

Bahrain Draws Strategy for Women to Join the Military
2014-12-05 Read More...
A new strategy is being drawn up to encourage Bahraini women to join the military. It is part of a unified Gulf blueprint that was approved on November 30th during the GCC Military Women's

UAE Forms Emirates Defence Industries Company (EDIC)
2014-12-04 Read More...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced the merger of a number of state-controlled defence companies to create an integrated services and manufacturing business called Emirates Defence Industries Company (EDIC).

Russian Destroyer to Undergo Maintenance Works in Syria
2014-12-04 Read More...
The Russian Navy's Vice-Admiral Kulakov, an Udaloy-class destroyer, entered the Syrian port of Tartus on Tuesday for weeklong maintenance works, a Northern Fleet spokesman said.

Bahrain Defense Chief Honors UAE Shield Force Group
2014-12-03 Read More...
Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant General Sheikh Daij bin Salman Al Khalifa (photo) honored Tuesday officers and members from the UAE group of the Peninsula Shield Forces marking the 43rd anniversary of the UAE National Day,

IDEX 2015 Exhibition Space Fully Sold Out
2014-12-03 Read More...
In the spirit of UAE’s 43rd National Day celebrations, the International Defence Exhibition and Conferences (IDEX) announced the 100% sale of exhibition space at IDEX 2015.

Israel to Stagger Purchase of F-35 Fighter Jets
2014-12-03 Read More...
Israel will stagger the purchase of its second batch of 31 U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets over the next three years, an Israeli defense official said on Sunday after budget wrangling among Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's top cabinet colleagues.

Raytheon to Develop Air & Missile Defense Operation Center in Qatar
2014-12-02 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon Company an undefinitized contract action (UCA) for a Foreign Military Sales contract not to exceed $75.6 million to design and implement an Air and Missile Defense Operation Center (ADOC) for the State of Qatar,

Qatar Emir Meets Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, GCC Chief
2014-12-02 Read More...
HH the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met HH Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on Friday afternoon at the Emiri Diwan, Qatar News Agency (QNA)

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