Dubai 2015: Sky’s the limit for UAE start-up

13th November 2015 - 13:54 GMT | by Richard Thomas in Dubai

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A new UAS start-up is looking to push its unmanned concepts into the UAE market in the next couple of years, in a bid to meet what the company expects will be a demand for commercial solutions in Dubai and elsewhere in the Emirates.

Abu Dhabi Men’s College, part of the Higher Colleges of Technology, provides a four-year course and undergraduate diploma or degree in aviation maintenance, including modules that require students to work on the design and build of UAS.

Three HCT graduates, Abdulhamid Ali, Zaid al Bitar and Abdalla al Zarooni, have formed their own UAS company, AvioComposites,

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