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Oman, Iran Sign MoU on Defense Cooperation
2013-09-20 Read More...
Iran and Oman signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) earlier this week to boost their mutual cooperation in the defense

CFS Aero to Maintain Royal Jordanian Falcons Fleet
2013-09-20 Read More...
CFS Aero, Britain’s leading repair and overhaul facility for propeller-driven aircraft, has been selected to service the component repair and overhaul requirements of the Royal Jordanian Falcons

Yemen Receives 1st U.S. Reconnaissance Aircraft
2013-09-18 Read More...
Yemen's Defense Minister said his country has received two U.S. reconnaissance airplanes, its first delivery of the aircraft as part of an aid package to help fight

Yemeni President Reinstates Sacked Senior Officers
2013-09-16 Read More...
Yemen's President has ordered the reinstatement of hundreds of Senior Army and Intelligence Officers sacked after a 1994 civil war, to hasten reconciliation talks aimed at ending years of political turmoil in the US-allied

Thales to Equip Leopard 2 Tanks of a Middle East Country
2013-09-13 Read More...
As part of the modernization of its Land Forces, a Middle East country has procured vehicles for its new brigade from German Land Defense systems provider Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW). Thales has been selected to equip them with a mobile command

Selex ES Wins Order from Middle East Country
2013-09-13 Read More...
Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, signed a contract of over 40 million Euros to deliver the Falco system to a Middle East Country. The Company will provide operational and maintenance support to the Customer for 12 months of the Contract

Bahrain’s National Disaster Management Committee
2013-09-11 Read More...
Chief of Bahrain’s Public Security Major General Tariq Al Hassan (photo) has chaired a National Disaster Management Committee meeting at the Public Security headquarters at the Ministry of

Syria Ready to Dismantle Chemical Weapons
2013-09-10 Read More...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on Syria Monday to place its chemical weapons under international control to avert military

Russia May Deliver 6 More Mi-35s to Iraq
2013-09-09 Read More...
Rosoboronexport might procure 6 more Mi-35 rotorcrafts worth a total of $256 million to Iraq in addition to $4.2 billion defense

Rheinmetall Wins Regional Mortar Ammunition Order
2013-09-06 Read More...
Rheinmetall AG of Düsseldorf, Germany has booked a major order for mortar

Merger of UAE’s Caracal International & TADS
2013-09-06 Read More...
Tawazun Holding, the UAE-based strategic investment company focused on specialized manufacturing and industry, has announced the merger of Caracal International and Tawazun Advanced Defense Systems

UAE Promotes Distinguished Officers
2013-09-06 Read More...
The UAE Ministry of Interior promoted six Officers of the Abu Dhabi Special Security Forces GHQ to higher ranks for their meritorious

Jordan’s Army on High Alert as Syrian Strike Looms
2013-09-05 Read More...
Jordan has put its forces on high alert ahead of anticipated Western airstrikes against the Syrian

Bahrain Preparing Emergency Plan if Syria is Hit
2013-09-05 Read More...
Bahrain’s government bodies are taking all precautionary measures as part of the Kingdom’s emergency plan amidst a possible military strike against Syria, according to a top

Russia Detects 2 Ballistic Missiles in Mediterranean
2013-09-04 Read More...
Missiles launched in the Mediterranean Sea that were detected by Russia on Tuesday were part of a joint American-Israeli military exercise, Israel's media

Russia to Deliver Helicopters to Sudan
2013-09-03 Read More...
Russia will ship a big lot of military helicopters to Sudan. The shipments are legitimate though supervised by the UN - the vehicles should not be used in Darfur

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