This comes in light of a relatively new Emirati-Chinese strategy to work on long-term development and research projects for unmanned systems. Directly in front of UAE's EDGE Group stand, was the China-Emirates Science and Technology innovation laboratory (CEST), a joint project between UAE's International Golden Group and Norinco.
"What made Rheinmetall sign with us? This shows that we have the expertise, right infrastructure, test labs and development support to secure such big deals," Saeed Al Mansoori, CEO of Halkon tells Breaking Defense.
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
"Selling is no longer the expectation of our customer, but instead working together locally to share technology and engage in a journey where we will sale to the export market," Patrice Hajjar, MBDA's Export Vice President for Mideast tells Breaking Defense.
UPDATED: Adds Comment Of Former Israeli Aerospace CEO ABU DHABI: UAE-based Paramount Group Ltd. ADGM has opened offices in Israel, the company announced at IDEX today. Back in September 2020, a joint peace deal was signed between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and the United States – known also as the Abraham Accords Peace […]
"This is a very important step that demonstrates a precedent," Khaled Al Zaabi, chief commercial officer at Nimr, told me. "We've never had such industrial military collaboration (in the region) so this definitely cements us as a major global player."
On opening day, the UAE armed forces signed 19 defense contracts, with the larger part going to domestic companies. “Worth $1.37 billion, 22% of the deals were signed with seven international firms while 78% went to 12 local companies,” Staff Brig. Gen. Mohammed Al Hassani, official spokesman for IDEX and NAVDEX, said in a press briefing.
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While potential Rafale deals are likely for some Arab countries, how are the platforms currently in operation at sharing data?
Commander of the Lebanese the Air Force talks to Breaking D on the current strategies adopted to boost Lebanon’s ISR capabilities and the Air Force’s plans in that regard.
Arab countries -- mainly Egypt, the UAE and KSA -- must join forces to standardize their defense needs as well as enhance their scientific research budget through a proper joint venture, says Mohamed Al-Kenany, military researcher and defense analyst at the Arab Forum for Policy Analysis in Cairo.
Arab countries are looking at ways to better learn how to integrate fourth generation fighters with fifth generation platforms of allies.
As threats rapidly evolve, digital engineering, manufacturing capacity and robust supply chains are critical to meeting challenges.
BEIRUT: The United Arab Emirates has long sought advanced American armed drones. That day appears to be close. The US State Department has notified Congress it plans to sell 18 battle-ready MQ-9B drones worth an estimated $2.9 billion to the UAE as part of a bigger deal that includes up to 50 F-35 fighter jets, as […]
A new C4ISR system will give Bahrain Defense Forces an “integrated vivid picture of the theater of operations for the benefit of command centers,” Mohamed Al-Kenany, defense analyst at the Arab Forum for Policy Analysis in Cairo, says.
Enhancing interoperability across Arab states’ defense systems remains a holy grail that even alliances such as NATO find hard to achieve.