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1st Flight for TAI’s T129 Helicopter
2011-08-23 Read More...
Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) announced the successful first flight of the first T129 prototype, produced at TAI's facilities in Ankara, Turkey.

Libyan Rebels Hold Most of Tripoli
2011-08-23 Read More...
Libyan government tanks and snipers put up scattered, last-ditch resistance in Tripoli on Monday after rebels swept into the heart of the capital, cheered on by crowds hailing the end of Muammar Gaddafi's 42 years in

Panetta: Iraq Agrees to Extend US Military Role
2011-08-23 Read More...
Iraq agreed to keep American troops in Iraq beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta

Dubai Airshow’s Gulf Aviation Training Event
2011-08-22 Read More...
The first annual Gulf Aviation Training Event (GATE 2011), part of November’s Dubai Airshow, announced its keynote speakers - Captain Randolph Babbitt, Administrator of the US FAA, and William Voss, CEO of US-based Flight Safety

GCAA: Digital Flight Data & Cockpit Voice Recorders in Abu Dhabi
2011-08-22 Read More...
The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) opened a Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) laboratory at its corporate headquarter in Abu

GCC Ministers to Coordinate Stance on Regional Events
2011-08-19 Read More...
The GCC Council of Ministers is reportedly set to meet shortly to coordinate their stance on current events in the region, with particular reference to the situations in Syria and Libya, as well as conferring on the GCC initiative on the crisis in

Saleh: “See you soon in Sana'a!”
2011-08-18 Read More...
President Ali Abdullah Saleh vowed to return to Yemen soon from Saudi Arabia, where he has been recuperating from wounds he suffered in an attack on his palace

New Acting Iraqi Defense Minister
2011-08-17 Read More...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki appointed current Culture Minister Saadoun Al-Dailami as Acting Defense Minister, after 74 Iraqis got killed in a series of bomb

Kuwait’s Agility Pleads not guilty to US Fraud Charges
2011-08-17 Read More...
Kuwaiti logistics firm Agility pleaded not guilty to charges it defrauded the US government over multibillion-dollar supply contracts during the war in Iraq, a senior company official

Saudi King Meets with Turkish President
2011-08-17 Read More...
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bib Abdul-Aziz held talks with Turkish President Abdullah Gul at his palace and discussed major regional and international

General Dynamics Wins $42m Contracts for Saudi Tank Work
2011-08-16 Read More...
General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded 2 contracts with a combined value of $42.4 million for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Tank Program.

P&W's F100 Engine Powers 1st Royal Moroccan Air Force F16s
2011-08-16 Read More...
The Royal Moroccan Air Force unveiled the first 4 of 24 Pratt & Whitney-powered F-16 aircraft in a ceremony on August 4 at Ben Guerrir Air Base in Marrakech, Morocco.

Kuwait Beefs Up Security at Mubarak Port
2011-08-16 Read More...
Kuwait has beefed up security around a controversial port project ahead of a visit by an Iraqi delegation for talks, a security official was quoted as saying.

German TV: Saudi MIC-Heckler & Koch in Illegal Arms Deal
2011-08-15 Read More...
Germany's public television network ARD disclosed an illegal German arms deal with Saudi

Kuwait's Army Mobilized in Bobian Island
2011-08-15 Read More...
Kuwait's Defense Ministry has taken huge security precautions, represented by the mobilization of a Military Force in Bobian Island, close to the end of Iraq's Shatt al-Arab

Libyan Frigate Hit by RAF Jets
2011-08-15 Read More...
Royal Air Force (RAF) jets bombed a Libyan frigate in Tripoli’s harbor last week, along with various other key targets of forces loyal to Colonel

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