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Dubai Airshow 2021: UAE to host ViDAR centre of excellence
Will the ViDAR SCAR reconnaissance pod make an impact in the Middle Eastern ISR market?
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Dubai Airshow 2021: Horizon Technologies and Airborne Technologies GmbH team up
Horizon Technologies and Airborne Technologies to jointly develop BlackFish SCAR-Pods.
Air Warfare
Defence Insight - A400M for Indonesia
The Indonesian MoD placed an order for two A400M aircraft in multirole tanker and transport configuration, according to the Airbus announcement on 18 November 2021.
Air Warfare
Dubai Airshow 2021: All relatively quiet on the F-35 front
A planned $23 billion FMS package for the UAE has still not been fully approved, 12 months after it was first proposed.
Defence Notes
Spotlight on Dubai Airshow 2021 and global second-hand armoured vehicles market (Podcast)
Welcome to Episode 46 of the third series of The Weekly Defence Podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more.
Air Warfare
Dubai Airshow 2021: Indonesia enlists A400M for military use
As well as finally ordering the A400M, an aircraft Indonesia has been contemplating for some time, the Asian country has agreed to continue financing the KF-21 fighter programme.
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Air Warfare
Boeing unveils F-15 Qatar Advanced
26th August 2021
Boeing was awarded a $6.1 billion contract to manufacture 36 F-15QA fighter aircraft in December 2017.
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Air Warfare
Kuwait to receive in-country Super Hercules support
20th August 2021
Vertex Aerospace services all three KC-130J aircraft flown by the Kuwait Air Force.
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Defence Notes
Iranian words and deeds raise the regional stakes
15th August 2021
The US officially points the finger at Tehran after the 30 July UAV attack on a vessel in the Gulf of Oman, while the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps continues to ratchet tensions with a grandiose new claim.
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Air Warfare
Four more Rafales join Qatar Emiri Air Force
28th July 2021
Qatar continues to expand its combat aircraft capability with the arrival of four additional Rafales.
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Training
UK-Qatar Hawk squadron spreads its wings
22nd July 2021
BAE Systems to support and train new joint Hawk squadron based at RAF Leeming, UK.
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Defence Notes
Turkey and Qatar tighten their military bonds
9th July 2021
The latest basing agreement underlines the enduring benefits of the Qatar-Turkey military relationship, despite the end of the GCC embargo.
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Defence Notes
IRGC sheds light on new air equipment
11th June 2021
SAM system, air defence radar and armed UAV take top billing in Tehran.
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Air Warfare
Boeing gains extra FMS contract for Saudi missiles
11th June 2021
Contract modification for Boeing covers support for the AGM-84H obsolescence redesign programme in Saudi Arabia.
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Defence Notes
UAE poised to develop space partnership with Russia
10th June 2021
The UAE is set to continue using Russian carrier rockets in its growing military space programme.
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Air Warfare
Egyptian follow-on Rafale contract signature depends on bank loan confirmation
5th May 2021
Order from Egypt for 30 more Rafales will not affect deliveries to the French Air and Space Force, and the contract does not include industrial offsets for Egyptian companies.
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Military Logistics
Egypt signs integrated support contract with Airbus for its C295 fleet
16th April 2021
Airbus signs a contract with the Egyptian Air Force for performance-based support of its C295 fleet.
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Defence Notes
Persistent Russians sniff out Saudi opportunities
9th April 2021
Russian optimism on arms exports to Saudi Arabia is energised by icier relations between Riyadh and Washington.
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Defence Notes
Israeli F-35s operating from ‘Gulf soil’ a genuine possibility
8th March 2021
New possibilities for Israeli F-35s could be on the way, including the aircraft being fielded from 'Gulf soil' to better counter Iranian threats.
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Iran displays new UCAV
26th February 2021
Images indicate the latest UAV in Iran is a reverse-engineered copy of the MQ-9 Predator design.
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Digital Battlespace
UAE to develop indigenous SATCOM solutions
24th February 2021
Collaboration between UAE-based organisations focuses on the domestic production of critical aeronautical, modem and other advanced SATCOM technologies.
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Digital Battlespace
UAE takes delivery of third GlobalEye
21st February 2021
Saab has provided all three AEW&C aircraft in the original order from the UAE.
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Defence Notes
Middle Eastern spending shows signs of resilience
21st February 2021
Although oil markets continue to take a hammering and government debt balloons from the COVID-19 pandemic, Middle Eastern states could yet avoid the delicate choice between guns and butter.
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Air Warfare
Egypt solves its SCALP problem
9th February 2021
An issue around selling a missile with US components seems to have been solved — either the US relented or MBDA was able to source an alternative.