Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) recently announced that it had signed long-term lease agreements for 7 Airbus A321neo aircraft with IndiGo, India’s largest passenger airline. All 7 aircraft will be powered by CFM International’s Leading Edge Aviation Propulsion (LEAP) engines and are scheduled to be delivered in 2021. Firoz Tarapore, Chief Executive Officer of DAE said, "We are delighted to add this fuel-efficient aircraft and popular aircraft type to our leased aircraft portfolio. This investment reiterates our commitment to invest in new, fuel-efficient aircraft to minimise carbon and nitrogen emissions as well as noise while at the same time increase performance, reliability and environmental sustainability."
UAE small arms manufacturer CARACAL, launched two new high-performance weapons at IDEX 2021 in Abu Dhabi. The unveiling of the CSA 338 Semi-Automatic rifle highlights CARACAL’s growing technical sophistication. Through effectively merging two rifle concepts – a designated marksman rifle (DMR) with a 338-calibre sniper rifle into a highly precise semi-automatic weapon, the company said the rifle reinforces its strong focus on innovation. The CSA 338 boasts another regional first in having been fully designed, validated, and manufactured in the UAE. The elegant weapon features high-caliber ammunition and builds on the success of the bolt action CSR338 sniper rifle - fusing it with a DMR concept applied to an 8.6 x 70-caliber weapon. Together, the weapons represent significant technological and manufacturing advancements for supply to the local and international markets. CARACAL is part of the Missiles & Weapons cluster within EDGE, an advanced technology group that ranks among the top....
ADSB, the regional leader in build, repair, maintenance, refit and conversion of naval and commercial vessels, today unveiled a 16m and a 12m fast patrol boat (FPB) which were both fully designed and built in the UAE by ADSB, and launched on the first day of NAVDEX 2021. The 16m boat is modular in design to accommodate either a short cabin with space for surface-to-surface missile systems or a longer one for troop transport. In both cases, it is armored to the customer’s preference, with guns ranging from manually operated 12.7mm to a 30mm cannon mounted onto a remote weapon station. The 16m boat was built to meet requirements for the Coast Guard Forces and can additionally feature ‘self-righting’ technology that helps the boat turn if it capsized. The 12m boat can be built from 11m to 13m in length, according to customer requirements. It has a payload of up....
The second day of the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX) and the Naval Defence Exhibition (NAVDEX) 2021 has seen the UAE Armed Forces sign 11 new deals, worth Dh7.293 billion, with local and international companies. The cumulative value of deals signed at IDEX and NAVDEX 2021 is now Dh12.323 billion. Staff Brigadier-General Mohammed Al Hassani, Official Spokesperson of the IDEX and NAVDEX exhibitions, said: "The total amount of deals signed with international parties amounted to Dh6.983 billion, which is 95 percent of the total deal value for today, and Dh310 million of deals were agreed with UAE companies, which is 5 percent of today’s total deal value." "Nine contracts were awarded to international companies, while two deals were finalized with companies based in the UAE. 11 deals were signed in total," he added. The deals were announced during a press conference held today in the presence of Naval Staff Colonel Fahed....
Tawazun Economic Council and Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the sidelines of the International Defense Exhibition and Conference at IDEX 2021. The MoU aims to build strategic relations of cooperation, partnership and integration between the two sides to enhance the capabilities of the defense industries sector, explore potentials for joint projects and identify areas of cooperation in defense industry-related Research & Development (R&D). The signing ceremony took place at Tawazun’s Pavilion at IDEX, was attended by Tareq Abdulraheem Al Hosani, Chief Executive Officer of Tawazun, and officials from the two sides. Following the signing, Al Zaabi said the MoU stems from the deep-rooted relations between the two fraternal countries, the foundation of which was laid by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud....
Tawazun and MBDA have signed a head of terms agreement with the intent to cooperate in the field of smart guided weapon systems. Matar Ali Romaithi, Chief Officer of the Economic Development Unit at Tawazun and Florent Duleux, Group Export Sales Director at MBDA, signed the document during this year’s IDEX exhibition in the presence of Tareq Abdulraheem Al Hosani, CEO of Tawazun, and Eric Béranger, CEO of MBDA. The aim is to create a long-term partnership between Tawazun and MBDA, enabling the development of the SmartGlider weapon systems from design to production phase. A joint team of engineers from both sides, the majority from Tawazun, will be in charge of development studies. They will be operating from MBDA’s first regional Missile Engineering Centre established in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Following the signing, Matar Al Romaithi stated: "We are pleased with our significantly growing relationship with MBDA. This agreement....
ADASI, a regional leader in autonomous systems and services, recently unveiled an armed robotic vehicle (ARV) and two new unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX), which took place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center between 21-25 February. ADASI has collaborated with NIMR, its sister company within EDGE Group, to convert the AJBAN 440A armored 4-door manned vehicle into an unmanned system called the AJBAN armed robotic vehicle (ARV). The vehicle withstands small arms fire, artillery shell splinters and survives mine and improvised explosive device (IED) blasts, and has a payload capacity of 1,200kg. Operated via a ground control station (GCS) with a communication range of 12km and endurance of up to eight hours, it can travel up to speeds of 50 km/h to support Armed Forces with greater firepower while ultimately reducing risk to soldier lives. In addition, ADASI today launches mini- and....
EDGE, an advanced technology group for defence and beyond, today launched its first family of multirotor loitering munitions, the QX range. In addition, Shadow 50 and Shadow 25, Rash 2 gliding munition kit, as well as new variants of the RW24 range – all designed and manufactured in the company’s first year of operations – were unveiled on the first day of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2021), that is underway at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre until 25 February. The unveiling of the Class-1 electric unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) took place at the EDGE pavilion in the presence of Faisal Al Bannai, CEO and Managing Director of EDGE and Ali Al Yafei, CEO of ADASI. Faisal Al Bannai, CEO & Managing Director, EDGE, said: "Right now, drone technology is revolutionising our world with the full potential of unmanned and autonomous capabilities still to be further explored....
The first day of the International Defense Exhibition (IDEX) and the Naval Defense Exhibition (NAVDEX) 2021 has seen the UAE Armed Forces sign 19 deals, worth Dh5.03 billion, with local and international companies. The deals came on the first day of the two exhibitions, which will run until 25th February. Staff Brigadier-General Mohammed Al Hassani, Official Spokesperson of the IDEX and NAVDEX exhibitions, said: "The total amount of deals signed with international parties amounted to Dh1.091 billion, which is 22 percent of the total value of deals. Meanwhile, the value of deals signed with UAE companies reached Dh3.939 billion, or 78 percent of the total value of deals. "Seven contracts were awarded to foreign companies, and 12 contracts were awarded to companies based in the UAE," He added. The deals were announced during a press conference held today in the presence of Naval Staff Colonel Fahed Nasser Al Thehli and....
NIMR, the manufacturer of combat-proven wheeled military vehicles, is set to unveil the second-generation of its AJBAN 4x4 and HAFEET 6x6 platforms at the upcoming edition of the International Defence Exhibition & Conference (IDEX 2021), scheduled to run from 21st to 25th February, 2021, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. With these launches, the company continues to push the boundaries in terms of technical excellence, dynamic performance, and modular structural design. Featuring advanced blast mitigation and ballistic protection, the new platforms provide high levels of protection in the harshest of environments. Designed and engineered to meet the most demanding duty-cycle requirements, the monocoque architecture offers a higher degree of body rigidity that contributes to greater agility and responsiveness. The MK2 versions boast enhanced maintainability with a significantly reduced timeframe required to remove a vehicle's power pack – down from 10 hours to just 20 minutes. To ensure vehicles are....
DAE signs long term lease agreements with IndiGo
CARACAL launches two new high-performance weapons
ADSB unveils 16m & 12m FPB during NAVDEX 2021
UAE Armed forces sign 11 deals worth Dh7.293b during Day 2 of IDEX
Tawazun and GAMI sign MoU at IDEX 2021
Tawazun, MBDA to cooperate in the field of smart guided weapon systems
A look into ADASI’s ARV and two new UGVs
EDGE launches its newest QX range
UAE Armed forces sign 19 deals worth Dh5.03 billion during 1st day of IDEX 2021
NIMR unveils its 2nd generation of AJBAN 4×4 & HAFEET 6×6 platform
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