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Saudi Arabia Buys MBDA Missiles
2010-02-20 Read More...
Saudi Arabia has signed a deal to acquire the Storm Shadow cruise missile from MBDA as part of a Tornado strike aircraft update package, said industry sources.The weapons package also includes the Brimstone anti-armor missile, they said.

Saudi Opens Military Supply to Local Firms
2010-02-06 Read More...
For the first time, Saudi Arabia's Defence Ministry will allow local firms to bid to supply basic materials, excluding arms, with the long-term goal of encouraging a domestic military industry, officials

KACST & SELEX Galileo: Collaboration Agreement
2010-01-27 Read More...
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) has signed a collaboration agreement with SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company and key player in the defence electronics

Rolls-Royce in Deal with KAUST
2010-01-27 Read More...
Rolls-Royce said on Monday it will become a founding member of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Kaust) Industrial Collaboration Program that will see the university contribute in developing technologies for use in Rolls-Royce

Rolls Royce: R&D Facility in Saudi Arabia
2009-12-20 Read More...
Emaar, The Economic City (Emaar E.C.), the Tadawul-listed company developing King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), hosted a delegation in KAEC from Rolls-Royce (RR), one of largest aircraft engine manufacturing companies in the world. Rolls Royce is

Saudi Arabia Receives 1st 2 S-434 Helicopters
2009-12-16 Read More...
Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a business unit of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., today announced that its Light Helicopters Division has delivered the first two S-434TM helicopters to the Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (MOI). Sikorsky

Saudi Crown Prince returns home after treatment
2009-12-11 Read More...
The crown prince of top OPEC oil exporter Saudi Arabia returned to the kingdom on Friday after spending most of the year in Morocco following medical treatment in the United

GD Awarded $18 M for Saudi Tank Work
2009-12-10 Read More...
General Dynamics Land Systems, a Business Unit of General Dynamics, was awarded $17.6 million for the purchase of long-lead materials that will be used to convert 15 M1A2 Abrams Tanks to M1A2S Tanks for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The contract was

New Simulation Training Systems to Saudi Arabia
2009-11-25 Read More...
A UK based company won two major contracts with the Royal Saudi Air Force and Navy. These are the latest in a series of successful contract wins for DT Media which has become a global player in defence simulation training.

Saudi Picks Raytheon Surveillance Systems
2009-11-17 Read More...
Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract by Saudi Arabia General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) for a nationwide air traffic management system based upon cooperative

Thales Wins Saudi Aviation Academy Contract
2009-11-16 Read More...
Thales, the French Defence Electronics Firm, won a contract worth about 30 million euros ($44.63 million) to develop a new Civil Aviation Academy in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi low-cost Carrier eyes 20 Aircrafts
2009-10-12 Read More...
Sama Airlines, a Saudi low-cost carrier, plans to buy 20 aircraft over the next four years from either Boeing or Airbus, its chief commercial officer said on

Prince Sultan signs SR498m contract
2009-10-07 Read More...
Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz who is also President of the Board of Directors of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA),Tuesday signed a SR498 million contract with Rosen Bauer company of Austria to replace and develop firefighting and safety

Saudi eye Russian Defence Systems
2009-10-01 Read More...
Saudi Arabia is weighing buying an advanced Russian missile system to shore up its defences against apotentially nuclear Iran, Gulf analysts and diplomats

Saudi eye Russian Defence Systems
2009-10-01 Read More...
Saudi Arabia is weighing buying an advanced Russian missile system to shore up its defences against a potentially nuclear Iran, Gulf analysts and diplomats

General Dynamics wins $7m Saudi tank deal
2009-09-27 Read More...
General Dynamics Land Systems has won a $7 million contract to continue to design the new Saudi M1A2 (M1A2S) Abrams tank for Saudi

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