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New Jordan Armed Forces Command & Control Center
2012-05-03 Read More...
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced it has successfully completed its contract to provide command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) support to the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) Joint Special

Iran: “US F-22s in UAE Endanger Regional Security”
2012-05-02 Read More...
The United States' deployment of cutting-edge F-22 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates “will endanger the region's security,” Iran warned on

Iraq to Receive 24 F-16 Jets Early 2014
2012-04-30 Read More...
Iraq will receive the first 24 of 36 F-16 fighter jets it has ordered from the United States at the beginning of 2014, a senior official told Reuters on

Lebanese Army Intercepts Arms Containers Heading to Syria
2012-04-30 Read More...
The Lebanese Army intercepted three containers of weapons on board of a ship intercepted in the Mediterranean which may have been trying to supply Syrian rebels, security sources said on

ITT to Provide EW Systems to Oman’s F-16s
2012-04-27 Read More...
ITT Corp has been awarded a $47.5 million firm fixed-price contract to procure 15 ALQ-21 1s, 4 airborne integrated defensive electronic warfare units, and 2 sets of antenna couplers for support

GCC Forces to Conduct War-Game Exercises
2012-04-27 Read More...
The nations that make up the Peninsula Shield Force will conduct war-game exercises called "Islands of Loyalty" on Sunday and Monday, the state news agency WAM (UAE News Agency)

Sheikh Mohammed Receives US Secretary of Navy
2012-04-26 Read More...
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received US Secretary of Navy Ray Mabus and his accompanying delegation at Zabeel Palace on

BAE to Upgrade Saudi F-15S EW Capabilities
2012-04-26 Read More...
BAE Systems today announced a $367M contract to deliver 70 Digital Electronic Warfare Systems (DEWS)/Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) to upgrade F-15S fighter jets in support of the Royal Saudi Air

Tantawi Vows to Defend Egypt’s Borders
2012-04-26 Read More...
Egypt’s Military Ruler Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi said the Egyptian Armed Forces would defend the borders with Israel if necessary, state media reported after an Israeli official voiced concerns about relations between the two

Saudi King Holds Key Talks with Polish Prime Minister
2012-04-24 Read More...
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah held wide-ranging talks with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Riyadh

Iran Building a Copy of US Captured Drone
2012-04-23 Read More...
Iran's military has started to build a copy of a US surveillance drone captured last year after breaking the software encryption, Iranian media reported on

Ukraine Ready to Send 62 Armored Vehicles to Iraq
2012-04-20 Read More...
Ukraine is ready to send 62 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) to Iraq, fulfilling a 2009 order that had only been partially carried out, officials said earlier this

2nd UAE Communications Satellite to be Launched April 24
2012-04-19 Read More...
Y1B, the second satellite of the United Arab Emirates’ space communications program is ready to be launched on 24 April on a Proton launcher from Baikonur in

GCC Asks Iran to End Occupation of UAE Islands
2012-04-19 Read More...
GCC Foreign Ministers held an extraordinary meeting in Riyadh Wednesday and condemned as “provocative” a visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the UAE island of Abu Musa, which is occupied by

Iran Celebrates National Army Day
2012-04-18 Read More...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad celebrated the Iran National Army Day during grand ceremonies held in southern Tehran close to the mausoleum of the late Founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini on

Royal Moroccan Air Forces Witness RG-11 B Raven Flight
2012-04-18 Read More...
Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) demonstrated the capabilities of the MEU’s Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) assets for members of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, April 12, at Inezgane

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