Regional News
November's Dubai airshow: Spearheading a return to a healthy marketplace
2009-09-16 Read More...The Dubai Airshow opens its doors on 15 November, promising more exhibition space, plus innovative and technically-advanced aircraft, equipment and systems from the world’s leading players in the aerospace industry
Jordan displays new vehicles at defence expo
2009-09-14 Read More...Scientific and technical services provider to the Jordanian Armed Forces, King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) displayed its new land and aerial vehicles at this year's Defence Systems & Equipment International (DSEi 2009)
Saudi Arabia is new IRIS-T export customer
2009-09-09 Read More...The Missile System house Diehl BGT Defence has won Saudi Arabia as a new export customer for the IRIS-T Air-to-Air Guided Missile. Both the Eurofighter Typhoon as well as the Tornado Combat Aircraft of the Saudi Air Force are to be equipped with
Fincantieri to build U.A.E. corvette
2009-08-19 Read More...Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has won a contract to build a 1,650-ton corvette for the U.A.E. navy amid a drive by Gulf Arab states to build up their naval strength. The United Arab Emirates also has an option for a second corvette for what will
Bahrain plans to buy air-to-air missiles
2009-08-10 Read More...Bahrain has requested US government permission to buy advanced air-to-air missiles, according to a United Press International (UPI) news report.The Defence Security Co-operation Agency (DSCA), a branch of the US Defence Department which oversees the
UAE seeks to purchase Hellfire missiles and Common Missile Warning Systems from US
2009-08-05 Read More...The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the United Arab Emirates of 362 HELLFIRE Missiles, 15 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) four radar-warning receivers,
Remains found of US pilot in first Gulf War
2009-08-03 Read More...The remains of a US Navy pilot have been found and positively identified, more than 18 years after he was shot down over Iraq and became the first US casualty of the first Gulf War, the US Defense Department said.The Pentagon's announcement resolved
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