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  1. Emirates airline, the Arab world's largest carrier, is seeking terms from a number of banks for a $1 billion revolving credit facility to fund its aircraft purchases, a banking source said.
  2. Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced that it has acquired Predator Systems Incorporated (PSI) for $13.25 million. PSI designs and manufactures motion control components and subsystems for ground defense, ordnance guidance and aerospace applications.
  3. With six weeks to go until the 10th Anniversary edition of the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX 2011), preparations are intensifying at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), as the venue gets ready to stage one of the region’s most...
  4. BAE Systems launched a highly sophisticated helmet and support system for fighter pilots to help them ‘see’ through the aircraft body giving them vital advantage when it comes to split-second decision-making.
  5. Northrop Grumman Corporation has marked the completion of the 500th shipset of the F/A-18 Super Hornet and the 300th center barrel of the F/A-18 Hornet.
  6. Bahrain has taken command of an international coalition set up to combat terrorism, piracy and drug trafficking in Gulf waters.
  7. Team Viper, the world’s only Hawker Hunter fighter jet display squadron, has joined the list of international aerobatic and display teams that will headline the 2011 Al Ain Aerobatic Show, organized by the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) in...
  8. State-owned Kuwait Airways will be privatized by end of March, the Chairman of the Gulf carrier was quoted as saying in a Kuwait newspaper this week.
  9. Iraq’s army marked the 90th anniversary of its 1921 founding on Thursday, with a huge military parade that included tanks and artillery weapons.
  10. American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E), a supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced the receipt of an additional order from Yemen Customs
 



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