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  1. General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics (GD), has been awarded a $17 million contract by Boeing for the production of composite components and spares for the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.
  2. Dassault Falcon has appointed Jeddah-based Saudia Private Aviation Engineering and Maintenance (SPA-E&M) as a Line Service Center, expanding the Falcon Authorized Service Center Network (ASC) in the Middle East.
  3. Bolstering already strong ties with the United Kingdom, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah met with British Defense Secretary Liam Fox in London this past week.
  4. Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region, was recognized as the “Best Managed Company in the Middle East – Airlines and Aviation,” by participants of Euromoney’s annual survey.
  5. Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. recently rolled out the 300th Gulfstream G550 aircraft at its manufacturing facility in Savannah, Georgia (USA).
  6. Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, took delivery of 2 new Embraer 190-100 aircraft this month, taking the number of new aircraft in the airline’s rapidly-growing fleet to 12 in the last 12 months.
  7. Improved maritime surveillance is a major challenge for European Union member states. In support of research in this important area, the European has selected the I2C (Eye-to-See) project led by DCNS supported by 20 European partners.
  8. Airbus announced the opening of a new Military Training Centre in Seville (Spain) yesterday.
  9. The Saudi Aviation Flight Academy (SAFA) took delivery of its first 2 training aircraft from Diamond Aircraft Industries.
  10. An affiliate of French outdoor advertising firm JCDecaux won a contract for exclusive advertising rights in all of Saudi Arabia's 26 airports, the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority (GACA) said this past Saturday.
 



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