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Egypt Clearing World War II Mines
2009-12-08 Read More...
Egypt stepped up efforts to clear millions of World War Two mines from prime north coast land in a $250 million demining project to ready the area for tourism, energy, and agriculture investments, an official

FLIR Inks FMS Orders in MENA Region
2009-12-07 Read More...
FLIR Systems announced that it received $6.7 million of Foreign Military Sale (FMS) orders for delivery to Middle East / North African nations. The orders support Critical National Infrastructure Agency (CNIA) and Counter Terror (CT) missions and

Rolls-Royce Wins UAE Navy Order for Waterjets
2009-12-07 Read More...
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, won an order to supply 24 lightweight waterjets for the UAE Navy's fleet of fast patrol

Outstanding Response to IDEX 2011 Campaign
2009-12-07 Read More...
IDEX Organisers, ADNEC (Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company), reported tremendous response to the marketing and sales campaign that is well underway for IDEX 2011, the 10th anniversary edition of the Middle East and North Africa’s largest defence

JAVELIN Guided Missiles to Jordan
2009-12-01 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Jordan of JAVELIN Anti-Tank Guided Missiles, Fly-to-Buy Missiles, JAVELIN Command Launch Units (CLUs) with Integrated Day/Thermal Sight and associated

Sikorsky Delivers first UH-60M Black Hawk to Bahrain
2009-12-01 Read More...
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today celebrated the formal delivery of a UH-60M BLACK HAWK Helicopter to the Defense Forces of Bahrain. This is the first of nine aircrafts that will ultimately be delivered. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies

Russia to start Iran Nclear Pant in 2010
2009-11-30 Read More...
Russia plans to start up the nuclear reactor at Iran's Bushehr power plant in March 2010 to coincide with the Iranian New Year, two sources closely involved with the project told

Upgrades at Al Mubarak Air Base & the Kuwait Air Force HQ
2009-11-27 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Nov. 20 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Kuwait for the design and construction of facilities and infrastructure for Al Mubarak Air Base and the Kuwait Air Force Headquarters Complex

S-300 to Iran within 2 months?
2009-11-27 Read More...
Iran expects Russia to deliver powerful S-300 air-defence missile systems within two months despite fierce objections from the United States and Israel, Tehran's ambassador to Moscow

New Simulation Training Systems to Saudi Arabia
2009-11-25 Read More...
A UK based company won two major contracts with the Royal Saudi Air Force and Navy. These are the latest in a series of successful contract wins for DT Media which has become a global player in defence simulation training.

15 Light & Medium Helicopters to Iraq
2009-11-24 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Nov. 18 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of 15 Helicopters with associated parts, equipment, training and logistical support for a complete package worth approximately $1.2

The Qatar Armed Forces Take Delivery Of Their 1st AW139
2009-11-24 Read More...
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced that the Qatar Armed Forces has taken delivery of its first AW139 medium twin helicopter during an official ceremony held at AgustaWestland's Vergiate plant in Italy, in the presence of Qatar Armed

Delivery of 20 VBL Mk2 to Iraq
2009-11-24 Read More...
At the start of October, Panhard delivered the twenty VBL Mk2 vehicles ordered by the Kuwaiti Ministry of the Interior last year. These vehicles are configured to carry out anti-terrorist operations in urban

Al Jaber Seals Embraer Jet Deal
2009-11-23 Read More...
Abu Dhabi-based Al Jaber Aviation (AJA), a leading provider of VIP aviation services in the region, said it has successfully closed the financing for two Embraer Legacy 600 private

GCAA announces key Appointment
2009-11-22 Read More...
The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has appointed Veteran, David John Chapman, as the new Senior Safety Advisor as part of its plan to boost aviation safety standards across the

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

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