Abu Dhabi’s arms show confirmed the importance of the defense industry for the UAE as a major customer and an emerging and credible player within the global arms trade. Every two years, Abu Dhabi’s arms […]
In April, the United Arab Emirates’ Mubadala Petroleum, which belongs to Mubadala Investment Co, a sovereign wealth fund with $232bn in assets, signed a memorandum of understanding to buy a 22 percent stake in Israel’s […]
The Biden administration is seeing pushback from Senate Democrats after going ahead with a Trump-era deal to sell F-35 fighter aircraft to the United Arab Emirates. Citing national security concerns, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman […]
The administration of US President Joe Biden has told Congress it is proceeding with more than $23bn in weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates, including advanced F-35 aircraft, armed drones and other equipment, congressional […]
EDGE, a UAE-based advanced defense technology group, has signed an accord with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the nation’s largest aerospace and defense company, to jointly develop an advanced system to intercept drones and other threats […]
President Joe Biden’s administration is considering the cancellation of arms deals with Saudi Arabia that pose human rights concerns while limiting future military sales to “defensive” weapons, as it reassesses it relationship with the kingdom. […]
Former US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told Israeli officials during a visit to Israel last October 2020 that the Trump administration secretly approved selling F-22 stealth fighters to the Jewish state, according to a […]
The United States is reviewing weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorised by former President Donald Trump, a move that Secretary of State Antony Blinken said was “typical” of a […]
The United Arab Emirates is the first Arab nation to join stealth fighter jet club, but UAE will not be the last country to buy Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth jets. The United Arab Emirates confirmed […]
The Pakistani prime minister made headlines when he revealed that Islamabad has been under pressure from some “friendly” nations to recognize Israel. Although he stopped short of naming them despite being repeatedly asked whether they […]
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