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One of the world’s biggest weapons buyers, the United Arab Emirates, is revamping its burgeoning defense industry to lessen the country’s dependence on foreign arms-makers, just as Western firms scramble for deals in the Middle East. The U.A.E. is merging more than a dozen local, state-owned defense equipment suppliers, aiming to be more self-reliant in […]

Raytheon’s Talon guidance kit for 70 mm rockets appears to have been given a new lease of life through a collaboration with the Emirati company that produces the Nimr range of armoured vehicles. Raytheon announced at the IDEX show in Abu Dhabi that it was working with Nimr Automotive, which is part of the Emirates […]

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and NIMR Automotive, part of the Emirates Defence Industries Company (EDIC), are collaborating to equip NIMR armored vehicles with TALON™ Laser Guided Rockets. Using the Raytheon remote weapons station, each vehicle will carry 16 TALON LGRs. The RWS enables TALON to be fired from both stationary and moving vehicles, while an […]

The armed forces announced Dh9.5 billion worth of orders for ships, satellites and armoured vehicles at the International Defense Exhibition in the capital yesterday. The biggest contract went to the French groups Airbus and Thales Alenia Space. Airbus Defence and Thales Alenia Space won a joint Dh3.745bn deal to provide two satellites and ground control […]

The demand for armoured and counter-IED vehicles in Africa is expected to reach $1.2 billion by 2024 as the market shifts to North Africa, the Middle East and Asia, according to a new report. The Global Armoured and Counter IED Vehicles Market 2014-2024 report said that budget cuts in Europe and the United States and […]

The global armored vehicles market is projected to reach $28.62 billion by 2019 with the primary drivers being in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia. According to a report released in May on armored vehicles by MarketsandMarkets, a US-based global market research firm, the advent of sequestration in the United States, the ending of […]

The UAE Armed Forces has signed a contract worth more than $820 million for the supply of armored personnel carriers (APCs) and multipurpose combat vehicles (MPCVs) with Emirati auto manufacturer NIMR Automotive, according to a statement released Nov. 18. The deal, signed at the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces with […]

The UAE has signed a deal to purchase AED3bn ($816m) worth of armoured vehicles, it was announced on Wednesday. The General Headquarters (GHQ) of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces and Nimr Automotive, a member of Abu Dhabi-based Tawazun group, have signed a contract which provides for the supply of 6X6 and 4X4 Nimr vehicles, […]