DefenceTalkNIMR Automotive, a subsidiary of Emirates Defense Industries Company (EDIC), the UAE’s integrated defence manufacturing and services platform, today announced that the UAE Armed Forces intends to award three new contracts to NIMR for over 1,750 armoured vehicles. NIMR will deliver 1,500 JAIS 4×4 and 6×6 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as more than 150 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uae-to-order-locally-produced-armored-vehicles-69266/

DefenceTalkEight Chinese companies are taking part in the 13rd Abu Dhabi International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2017), which opened at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Feb 19 and will end on Feb 23, 2017. Headed by the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-companies-exhibit-at-idex-2017-defense-conference-69226/

DefenceTalkRussia and the United Arab Emirates will pool efforts to develop a light fifth generation jet, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said on Monday. “We’ve signed an agreement on industrial cooperation in the field of military engineering. This will enable us to push ahead with the fifth-generation-jet project, in which the UAE […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-and-uae-to-work-on-fifth-generation-fighter-jet-69209/

DefenceTalkThe value of the contract with Iran for the supply of S-300 air defense systems almost reached $1 billion, the chief of the Rostec corporation, Sergey Chemezov, told the media. “The S-300 cost about one billion dollars,” he said. No more supplies of Russian weapons to Iran were due for now, he added. “We were […]https://www.defencetalk.com/value-of-s-300-contract-with-iran-reaches-almost-1-bln-69207/

DefenceTalkNexter has been a longstanding partner supporting the modernization of the TNI (Tentara Nasional Indonesia) since entering into an initial contract in 2012 to supply 36 CAESAR artillery systems. Today at the IDEX 2017 trade show, Nexter is proud to announce the signing of a new contract to supply a further 18 CAESAR systems to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indonesia-orders-additional-caesar-artillery-systems-69200/

DefenceTalkThe four-day International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) kicked off Sunday in Abu Dhabi with the United Arab Emirates announcing 21 deals worth more than $1.2 billion. IDEX spokesman Brigadier-General Rashid Mohammed Al Shamsi told reporters the Emirates struck deals with 15 local companies and six international firms to bolster its land and naval forces. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uae-signs-1-2-bn-in-deals-as-arms-fair-opens-69186/

DefenceTalkHarris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) will showcase its broad range of advanced products and integrated systems that help customers connect the battlefield during the 2017 International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX), Feb. 19-23, in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Harris will exhibit and demonstrate its proven solutions that meet urgent security challenges associated with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) […]https://www.defencetalk.com/harris-to-showcase-connected-battlefield-technologies-at-idex-2017-69147/

DefenceTalkAt IDEX 2015, the UAE company Siham Al Khaleej Technology (SAKT), together with MBDA, the European missile systems company, and GEM elettronica of Italy, are presenting an innovative and cost-effective coastal battery system. This cooperation is part of a Heads of Agreement signed during the 2013 Dubai Air Show that sees SAKT as the prime […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mbda-unveils-coastal-defense-battery-system-at-idex-2015-63268/

DefenceTalkEurofighter has today released details of a new capability contract valued at EUROS 200 million delivering a suite of new enhancements to the Eurofighter Typhoon. As well as introducing a number of upgrades to the Eurofighter’s mission and maintenance systems, the contract, known as Phase 3 Capability Enhancement, will equip the Eurofighter Typhoon to deploy […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eurofighter-weapon-upgrade-enhancement-contract-63259/

DefenceTalkRussian arms exporting firm Rosoboronexport, owned by state conglomerate Rostec, sold more than $13 billion worth of military products last year, the head of Rostec said on Monday. “In 2014, we sold a little more than $13 billion worth of arms,” Rostec head Sergey Chemezov told journalists at the International Defense Exhibition (IDEX), which started […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-arms-exports-top-13-billion-in-2014-63261/