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  1. Iranian state TV broadcast video on Thursday of what it said was the high-tech US drone that Tehran says its forces downed earlier this week, and lodged a diplomatic complaint over the violation of its airspace.
  2. The Qatari Internal Security Forces (ISF) have just ordered 22 HIGUARD (MRAP) and 5 Sherpa light APCs from Renault Trucks Defense.
  3. Former Saudi Intelligence Chief Prince Turki Al-Faisal, voicing alarm about Iran's nuclear program, said the leadership should consider acquiring nuclear weapons to counter threats from Tehran, and from Israel.
  4. GCC Interior Ministers met in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday and agreed to set up a joint Police Force.
  5. The Iraqi Army took over Ain al-Assad military base in Anbar province from U.S. troops on Wednesday.
  6. Lockheed Martin delivered the first Modernized Day Sensor Assembly (M-DSA) upgrade prototype units to the U.S. Army for use on the Apache attack helicopter.
  7. HE Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani visited The Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA 2011; Langkawi, Malaysia; 6-10 December 2011).
  8. Cassidian, the defense and security division of EADS, introduced a new security radar into the market which opens up completely new opportunities for the wide-area protection of coastlines, maritime infrastructure and harbors against asymmetric...
  9. The National Emergency Crisis & Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA) announced that the Third Edition of the Crisis & Emergency Management Conference (CEMC 2012) will be held at the Fairmont Hotel, Abu Dhabi on January 16-17, 2012.
  10. Russia’s Defense Ministry said a navy squadron has set off for the Mediterranean as an Egyptian official said that a U.S. nuclear submarine has passed through the Suez Canal earlier this week heading to the Mediterranean.
 



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