SOFEX 2012: KADDB and L-3 sign partnering agreement
The King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) has signed a partnering agreement with L-3 Wescam signalling a gateway into the Middle-East market, it has been announced.
Signed at the Special Operations Forces Exhbition (SOFEX) on 9 May, KADDB and L-3 Wescam agreed to launch a Wescam Authorised Service Centre (WASC) capable of performing up to 75% of all repairs to the company's family of electro-optical payloads.
The service centre will be located at the King Abdullah Airbase in Jordan.
In addition, the agreement will allow other Middle-East customers to 'come and do business in Jordan' via KADDB and
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