The KADDB Investment Group and the King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) participated at the 10th International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF 2011) which was been held in Istanbul this past week (10-13 May 2011).

KADDB’s booth was honoured by the visit of various official delegations, decision makers, and key players in the defence industry worldwide, including: The Under Secretary of the Turkish Ministry of Defence, the Delegation of the Jordan Armed Forces, the Sudanese Minister of Defence with the accompanying delegation, a delegation representing the Ministry of Defence in the Sultanate of Brunei, a delegation representing the Indonesian Ministry of Defence as well as a delegation from the Government of Kuwait.

The participation of the KADDB Investment Group is the second of its kind, as the Bureau has participated in IDEF in 2007 when it was held in Ankara.

A wide range of helmets, body armor, and ceramic plates, the RPG-32 “HASHIM”, a variety of special military boots were displayed at the stand.  As for KADDB, the Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Mini UGV) as well as the Remote Weapon Station were represented. Demonstrative videos were also displaying the capabilities of the exhibiting companies and the rest of the Group’s companies.

On the sidelines of IDEF 2011, Jordan Manufacturing and Services Solutions (JMSS) a KADDB Investment Group Company, announced delivering the first phase of a 1.64 Million USDs contract for the Public Security Directorate of Jordan for the delivery of Mobile Video Recording Systems (MVRS).

The agreement was initially signed between the two parties in May 2010 where it was agreed that the system addresses installation of the infrastructure at the Command and Control Centre, the Dispatch center at Mid Amman province and equipping a number of 80 Audi A6 vehicles with monitoring rear and front cameras, a lap top, and an Audio/Video recording system.  Implementation of the system aims at leveraging Police performance during duty.