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1st Appearance for Saudi King Since His Last Surgery
2012-11-29 Read More...
HRM King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has appeared on state television on Wednesday for the first time since his 11-hour back operation on November 17, helping assuage fears over his

Saudi Arabia Orders Tanks & Military Vehicles’ Spare Parts
2012-11-28 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress November 26 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a Foreign Military Sales Order II to provide funds for blanket order

Raytheon Wins C4I System Saudi Contract
2012-11-27 Read More...
Raytheon has received a contract to deliver a Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) system to the Kingdom of Saudi

Prince Salman Reassures Saudis on King's Health
2012-11-27 Read More...
Saudi Crown Prince Salman “reassured” Saudis during a cabinet meeting on Monday about King Abdullah's health, more than a week after the Monarch had surgery to tighten a ligament in his back, state news agency SPA

Saudi King's Back Surgery Successful
2012-11-19 Read More...
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has undergone successful back surgery at a hospital in the capital, Riyadh, to tighten a loose ligament, the royal court said in a statement carried by state media on

Saudi Arabia Accuses Iran of Trespassing on its Territory
2012-11-16 Read More...
Saudi Arabia has accused Iran of straying onto its territory near oil and gas fields in the Gulf and warned it was looking at how to respond, the Saudi ambassador to the United Nations

US to Sell 25 Warplanes to Saudi Arabia in $6.7 Billion Deal
2012-11-12 Read More...
The US is planning to sell 25 warplanes to Saudi Arabia as part of an arms deal worth nearly $6.7

Boeing Wins $4 Billion Saudi Fighter Jet Deal
2012-11-05 Read More...
Boeing has secured a contract valued at $4 billion to modernize the Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force's fighter jet fleet, the Pentagon said on

French President Visits Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
2012-11-05 Read More...
French President Francois Hollande discussed Iran and the situation in unrest-hit Syria with Saudi King Abdullah in the city of Jeddah on Sunday on his first visit to the oil-rich kingdom, a spokesman

BAE Systems Expects Orders from Saudi Arabia, Oman
2012-10-15 Read More...
On 11 October 2012, BAE Systems issued its Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 July 2012 to 10 October 2012 in accordance with the requirements of the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure Rules and Transparency

New Managing Director for Boeing’s Saudi Defense Business
2012-10-10 Read More...
US aerospace giant Boeing Company has named Chris Smith as the new Vice President and Managing Director for its defense business in Saudi Arabia to further boost customer relationships and establish new in-country

Saudi Deputy Minister of Defense Receives Egypt’s Army Chief
2012-09-17 Read More...
Saudi Arabi’a Deputy Minister of Defense Prince Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz received today, in his office at the Ministry of Defense in Jeddah, the Chief-of-Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Lt. General Sidqi Subhi Sayed and the accompanying

GCC States Interested in THAAD Missile-Defense System
2012-08-17 Read More...
Saudi Arabia and its closest regional partners have shown interest in buying the most advanced Lockheed Martin Corp missile-defense system to counter perceived threats, executives of the company

ISR Suites & Support for Saudi Arabia
2012-08-16 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress August 9 of of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for 10 Link-16 capable data link systems and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)

BAE Brings Typhoon Repair Capabilities to Saudi Arabia
2012-08-15 Read More...
BAE Systems Saudi Arabia announced that it has invested 65 Million Saudi Riyals ($17 Million) with Advanced Electronics Systems (AEC) and Rockwell Collins Deutschland (RCD) to bring into Saudi Arabia the repair capability for the Cockpit Interface

EADS Fully Cooperating in Saudi Fraud Probe
2012-08-14 Read More...
European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co. EADS said it is cooperating with the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) which has launched a probe into suspected irregularities involving a Riyadh-based subsidiary of the Franco-German aircraft maker and

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