The Avante 2200 corvette Al-Jubail, the first of five corvettes to be built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), has been commissioned. The commissioning ceremony was held today (31 March) at the Spanish Navy’s […]
Lockheed Martin won a contract valued $16 million to support Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile systems of Saudi Arabia and Qatar. A statement by the U.S. DoD said the company was awarded $16.099 million for […]
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) has given the nod for two projects that aim to locally manufacture components for the U.S.-origin Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system. The information was confirmed by […]
Yemeni Houthis destroyed a “surveillance drones,” believed to be Chinese-made CH-4B, reportedly belonging to the Saudi-led coalition during an operation in Hajjah province on Thursday. Houthi-owned al-Masirah reported that the spy drone, which was of […]
State Department has approved Washington’s latest raft of proposed weapons sales to the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) preliminarily approved for deals – if they are not blocked […]
Navantia has launched on 4 December 2021 the fifth corvette being built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), named ‘Unayzah’ as a tribute to this city located north of capital of Saudi Arabia. The […]
Lockheed Martin plans to deliver the first THAAD air defense missile system to Saudi Arabia in 2023, according to information published by Defense News on November 16. The US State Department made a decision approving a […]
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The U.S. State Department approved the potential sale of 280 AIM-120C AMRAAM air-to-air missiles in a deal valued at up to $650 million, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has requested […]
Israel is holding its largest-ever air force exercise this week, joined by several Western countries and India, with the United Arab Emirates’ air force chief set to inspect the drills. Amir Lazar, chief of Israeli […]
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