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Airbus: $5.3bn Commitments at Dubai Air Show
2009-11-18 Read More...
At Dubai Air Show, Airbus announced commitments across its broad product range covering a total of 33 aircrafts, valued at over $5.3bn. These commitments include firm orders for 15 aircraft worth more than $3.6bn, plus memorandum of understanding

UAE Selects Pilatus PC-21 Training Aircraft
2009-11-18 Read More...
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd is proud to announce that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force & Air Defense (AF&AD) has entered into a contract in excess of 500 Million Swiss Francs to procure a fleet of 25 PC-21 turboprop aircraft, together with an

Etihad Announces $750m Investment Package
2009-11-17 Read More...
Etihad Airways, the National Airline of the UAE, announced a $750 million investment in its workforce, fleet, in-flight service and planning, and resourcing systems, at the Dubai Air

Saab Signs Contract With UAE for Airborne Surveillance System
2009-11-17 Read More...
Saab has signed a contract for the sale of an Airborne Surveillance System to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The contract is worth approximately 1.5 billion

Saudi Picks Raytheon Surveillance Systems
2009-11-17 Read More...
Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract by Saudi Arabia General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) for a nationwide air traffic management system based upon cooperative

Thales Wins Saudi Aviation Academy Contract
2009-11-16 Read More...
Thales, the French Defence Electronics Firm, won a contract worth about 30 million euros ($44.63 million) to develop a new Civil Aviation Academy in Saudi Arabia.

Raytheon Wins $20m Kuwait Contract
2009-11-16 Read More...
Raytheon Company has been awarded a $20.5 million foreign Military sales contract for spares to support planned Patriot Configuration-3 system upgrades for

Boeing eyes Partnership with Mubadala
2009-11-16 Read More...
Boeing is set to enter a strategic pact with Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi Government-owned investment firm, a senior Boeing Executive

Kuwait, Morocco, Jordan Purchase Raytheon AMRAAM
2009-11-15 Read More...
The U.S. government executed separate Letters of Offer and Acceptance with three of its key allies to purchase Raytheon's AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile

Iran to Produce Advanced Missile System
2009-11-15 Read More...
Iran will soon be able to produce an advanced missile defence system itself if Russia does not deliver it to the Islamic Republic, a senior lawmaker said in comments published on

Emirates mulls new Aircrafts
2009-11-11 Read More...
Emirates, the Arab world's largest airline, could buy more Aircrafts from Boeing and Airbus and will see the delivery of some A380 planes on order delayed in 2010, its President said on

IDEX 2011: 70% of Indoor Space Booked!
2009-11-10 Read More...
“Our sales campaign for IDEX 2011 is well underway and we are very pleased to report that a number of players from the global Defence and Security industry including BAE Systems, MBDA, DynCorp International, and the UAE’s Mubadala Development

The Dubai International Air Chiefs Conference
2009-11-06 Read More...
Under the patronage of His Highness General Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, and with special support from the UAE Air Force and Air Defense, the Institute for Near East and

Morrocco to buy 3 Chinook Helicopters
2009-11-03 Read More...
Morocco has said it will purchase three CH-47D Chinook helicopters from the US under a foreign military sale in a $134 million deal.The purchase order for the helicopters also includes six T55-GA-714A turbine engines, two spare T-55-GA-714A turbine

More CENTAURO for the Omani Army
2009-11-02 Read More...
Following the 2008 contract providing for the procurement of six Fiat/Iveco Oto Melara CENTAURO Armoured 8x8 Vehicles (equipped with the new HITFACT 120/45 mm smooth-bore gun turret and the new generation, 650 hp V6 diesel engine), Oman decided to

ADSB renovates Boats for Bahrain Coast Guard
2009-10-28 Read More...
Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) has transformed 10 Patrol Boats that were built 20 years ago in the UK into modern Crafts for the Bahrain Coast

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