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Joint US-Bahrain Naval Drill ‘Neon Defender 21’ Concludes
2021-04-12 Read More...
“Neon Defender 21” joint drill, which was conducted by Bahrain Defence Force, the Interior Ministry and the US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), concluded

Algerian Chief of Staff Receives French Counterpart
2021-04-12 Read More...
Lieutenant General Saïd Chanegriha, Chief of Staff of Algeria’s National People’s Army (ANP), received Thursday at the headquarters of the ANP General Staff, François Lecointre, Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces, said a press release from

Rolls-Royce to Supply 12 mtu Kinetic PowerPacks to KAUST
2021-04-09 Read More...
Rolls-Royce is to supply twelve mtu Kinetic PowerPacks to King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia this

Saudi Chief of General Staff Patronizes Graduation Ceremony at King Abdullah Air Defense College
2021-04-09 Read More...
On behalf of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, the Chief of General Staff Fayyad bin Hamid Al-Ruwaili patronized the graduation ceremony

Bahrain Defence Force Honors Top Officers with First Class Medal
2021-04-08 Read More...
Commander-in-Chief of Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), Field Marshal Sheikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, presented the Long Service Medal of the First Class to Minister of Defence Affairs (photo), Lieutenant General Abdullah bin Hassan Al

Tawazun, Pilatus Ink Offset Agreement for More PC-24 Components from Strata
2021-04-06 Read More...
Tawazun Economic Council and Swiss-based Pilatus Aircraft Ltd have entered into an offset agreement under which, Strata Manufacturing (Strata), the advanced composite aero structures manufacturing company wholly-owned by Mubadala Investment Company

Saudi Space Commission, Chinese Counterpart Discuss Future Cooperation
2021-04-06 Read More...
Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz (photo), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Space Commission (SSC), met, via video conferencing, with the Director of China National Space Administration (CNSA) Zhang

Qatar Emiri, UK Royal Air Forces Expand Defence Partnership
2021-04-05 Read More...
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his Qatari counterpart, HE Dr. Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, have announced an expansion of the relationship between the air forces of their

French President Awards ‘Officer of Legion of Honor’ to UAE Commander of Joint Operations
2021-04-05 Read More...
Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, has awarded Major General Saleh Muhammad Al Ameri, Commander of Joint Operations at the Ministry of Defense, the Legion of Honor (Officer), the highest national decoration in

Egypt, Sudan Air Forces Start ‘Nile Eagles-2’ Exercise
2021-04-02 Read More...
The Egyptian and Sudanese Air Forces are carrying out a number of intensive training activities, on Wednesday, as part of the joint Nile Eagles-2 training, according to a military spokesperson

Saudi Navy Launches His Majesty’s Ship Hail at Navantia’s Shipyard in Spain
2021-04-01 Read More...
The Royal Saudi Naval Forces has launched His Majesty’s Ship Hail into water at Navantia’s shipyard in San Fernando, Kingdom of Spain, which is the third ship in the Sarawat project, that includes five ships of Corvette Avante 2200, the Saudi Press

EDGE Aligned to UAE’s New Industrial Strategy ‘Operation 300 Billion’
2021-04-01 Read More...
EDGE Group issued the following statement on the new industrial strategy ‘Operation 300 billion’ set out by the UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced

Chief of Staff of UAE Armed Forces Meets Senior Officials in Morocco
2021-04-01 Read More...
Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, met with Abdellatif Lodi, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in Charge of the National Defense Administration, in the Moroccan

Navantia Launches Third Corvette for Royal Saudi Naval Forces
2021-03-30 Read More...
Navantia launched Saturday the third of the five corvettes built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), named HAIL as a tribute to this city in the north of Saudi

Royal Saudi Air & Naval Forces Conclude Desert Flag 2021 & Al-Fulk-4 Exercises
2021-03-29 Read More...
The Saudi Royal Air Force (RSAF) concluded Thursday its participation in the exercise Desert Flag 2021, which was held at Al-Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates (UAE), over a period of three

Tunisia Launches its First Satellite
2021-03-26 Read More...
The Tunisian satellite Challenge ONE was launched on Monday from the Baikonur base in south-central Kazakhstan aboard the Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket which also carried other

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