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Iran introduces new air search radar
13th September 2021
Iran has shown off a new air surveillance radar and associated C2 air defence system.
Will the ViDAR SCAR reconnaissance pod make an impact in the Middle Eastern ISR market?
Horizon Technologies and Airborne Technologies to jointly develop BlackFish SCAR-Pods.
13th September 2021
Iran has shown off a new air surveillance radar and associated C2 air defence system.
26th August 2021
Boeing was awarded a $6.1 billion contract to manufacture 36 F-15QA fighter aircraft in December 2017.
20th August 2021
Vertex Aerospace services all three KC-130J aircraft flown by the Kuwait Air Force.
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.
28th July 2021
Qatar continues to expand its combat aircraft capability with the arrival of four additional Rafales.
22nd July 2021
BAE Systems to support and train new joint Hawk squadron based at RAF Leeming, UK.
9th July 2021
The latest basing agreement underlines the enduring benefits of the Qatar-Turkey military relationship, despite the end of the GCC embargo.
11th June 2021
SAM system, air defence radar and armed UAV take top billing in Tehran.
11th June 2021
Contract modification for Boeing covers support for the AGM-84H obsolescence redesign programme in Saudi Arabia.
10th June 2021
The UAE is set to continue using Russian carrier rockets in its growing military space programme.
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.
16th April 2021
Airbus signs a contract with the Egyptian Air Force for performance-based support of its C295 fleet.
9th April 2021
Russian optimism on arms exports to Saudi Arabia is energised by icier relations between Riyadh and Washington.
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.
26th February 2021
Images indicate the latest UAV in Iran is a reverse-engineered copy of the MQ-9 Predator design.
24th February 2021
Collaboration between UAE-based organisations focuses on the domestic production of critical aeronautical, modem and other advanced SATCOM technologies.
21st February 2021
Saab has provided all three AEW&C aircraft in the original order from the UAE.
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.
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.