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The Saudi Internal Security Market 2011-2015
2012-02-21 Read More...
The recent turmoil in the Arab world forced the Saudi Arabian royal family into critical internal security decision junctures. As a first step, the Saudi government initiated a $140 Billion package of programs intended to improve the standard of

Saudi-Indian Panel to Draw Future Defense Cooperation
2012-02-17 Read More...
Saudi Arabia and India agreed to set up a joint panel that will be entrusted with the task of preparing a road map for defense cooperation and to work out details of a proposed defense pact to be signed later in

Saudi King Receives High Indian Defense Officials
2012-02-15 Read More...
HRM King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia held wide-ranging talks with Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony in Riyadh on

Lockheed Holds 1st Industry Collaboration Forum in Saudi Arabia
2012-02-02 Read More...
Lockheed Martin held its first Industry Collaboration Forum on 29-30 January 2012 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, launching an effort geared toward strengthening relationships with local industry and creating opportunities for new

Prince Turki Warns of Nuclear Arms Race in Mideast
2012-01-27 Read More...
Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Chairman of King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, is warning if the Middle East does not become a nuclear weapon-free zone, a nuclear arms race is inevitable and could possibly include Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia

Prince Turki: “All Options Open Against Iranian Threats”
2012-01-19 Read More...
Saudi Arabia will use “all available options” to defend itself against Iranian “threats” that might trigger “unwanted military confrontation,” its former Intelligence Chief told a Gulf security

Obama-Prince Saud al-Faisal Discuss Regional Issues
2012-01-13 Read More...
U.S. President Barack Obama hosted Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, in the Oval Office earlier this week to discuss key issues related to the Middle East, the White House

Saudi Civil Aviation Authority to Launch Islamic Bond
2012-01-12 Read More...
Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) is starting to meet investors ahead of issuing its debut Islamic bond, or sukuk, the state news agency SPA

Pentagon: “F-15 Sale to Saudi Arabia Part of a Broader Cooperation”
2012-01-04 Read More...
The recently announced $29.4 billion sale of F-15SA fighter aircraft to Saudi Arabia is just one part of a broader U.S.-Saudi military sales and defense cooperation effort that's central to regional security, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little

Boeing’s President & CEO Welcomes the Saudi F-15 Deal
2011-12-30 Read More...
Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney welcomed the announcement by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that it has reached an agreement to purchase from the U.S. government 84 new Boeing F-15 fighter aircraft and to upgrade 70 of its existing

Saudi F-15 Fighter Deal Formally Sealed
2011-12-30 Read More...
The United States has signed a $ 29.4 billion deal to sell 84 new F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia in a long-expected move that the Obama administration said on Thursday would boost Gulf security amid mounting tension with

US Poised to Announce $30 Billion F-15 Saudi Deal
2011-12-29 Read More...
The Obama administration is poised to announce the sale of nearly $30 billion worth of F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials said

Saudi Skies to Open to Foreign Airlines
2011-12-27 Read More...
Saudi Arabia will soon allow foreign airlines to fly domestic routes, its aviation regulator said, opening the market beyond state-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) and private National Air Services, which struggled to meet

GCC Welcomes Saudi King's Unity Call
2011-12-22 Read More...
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Leaders endorsed the proposal of HRM King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to form a “single

King Abdullah: “Gulf Safety & Security Are Targeted”
2011-12-20 Read More...
King Abdullah said the security of Saudi Arabia and its Arab neighbors was being targeted, in an apparent reference to regional rival Iran, and he called for Gulf Arab states to close ranks in a "single

GCC Summit to Address Security & Military Issues
2011-12-19 Read More...
Regional developments, including a range of political, economic, security and military issues, will figure during the Summit of the Heads of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states taking place in Riyadh today and Tuesday (19-20 December

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