Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Military Industries (GAMI) announced that the country will acquire 46 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) from Intra Defence Technologies, a local defence supplier....Read More

Saudi Arabia has signed a Memorandum-of-Intent with the UK Government for the potential purchase of 48 Eurofighter Typhoon fighters from BAE Systems....Read More

Negotiations with Saudi Arabia for the S-400 are progressing, but Riyadh’s near-term requirements for transfer-of-technology have complicated matters…...Read More

Saudi Arabia is reportedly planning to taking-over the CMN FS56 fast attack craft it had originally bought for the Lebanese Navy....Read More

Established by Aselsan and Taqnia, the newly inaugurated Saudi Defence Electronics Company (SADEC) is offering Aselsan electronics solutions....Read More

Saudi Arabia is reportedly negotiating with Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) for six Anka medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) drones...Read More

Soldiers of the Saudi Land Forces have arrived in Pakistan to participate in a joint military exercise – designated al-Samsam 6 – next week...Read More

The U.S. State Department has approved a $15 billion U.S. sale of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system to Saudi Arabia...Read More

Saudi Arabia has begun negotiations for the S-400 long-range air defence system along with TOS-1A MRLS, AGS-30 AGLs and Kornet-EM ATGMs...Read More

Textron’s CEO Scott Donnelly told investors that the company is in talks with Saudi Arabia for the sale of the Scorpion light combat aircraft...Read More

The U.S. Department of Defence issued a $3.8 billion U.S contract to Sikorsky for 257 H-60 Black Hawk helicopters for the U.S. Army and Saudi Arabia...Read More

The Ukrainian-Saudi Antonov An-132D lightweight multi-mission aircraft is reportedly drawing interest at its Paris Air Show debut...Read More

The U.S. State Department has approved a $662 million U.S. sale of 26 AN/TPQ-53(V) counter-battery radars and tank and artillery munitions to Saudi Arabia ...Read More

On his inaugural foreign visit, Trump inked a $110 billion U.S. arms deal – of air defence systems, helicopters, munitions and more – with Saudi Arabia. ...Read More

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund established a new state-owned defence company – Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) ...Read More

The King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) unveiled its first armed unmanned aerial vehicle – the Saqr 1 – on May 11....Read More

The King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology and China Aerospace Science Technology Corporation will co-produce CH-series drones in Saudi Arabia...Read More

Malaysia’s defence minister revealed that Kuala Lumpur offered submarine training support and facilities to Riyadh as part of the latter’s naval development plans...Read More

One of several Turkish-Saudi joint-ventures in defence production – an Aselsan-MIC facility producing Aselsan’s software defined radios – is showing promise...Read More

The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) formally inducted its first Boeing F-15SA multi-role fighter aircraft in a ceremony ...Read More

With the official roll-out of the Antonov An-132D and the establishment of a Turkish-Saudi defence joint-venture, steps are being taken to support…...Read More

The Federal Court of Canada will decide whether to approve or block a CAD $15 billion sale of armoured fighting vehicles to Saudi Arabia…...Read More

Saudi Arabia will reportedly order five Avante 2200 corvettes from the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia…...Read More

Diehl BGT is looking to complete the development of its Laser Guided Sidewinder (LaGS) program in 2016, a project to convert the AIM-9L into an AGM...Read More

26 September 2015 By Bilal Khan The French President Francois Hollande confirmed that Egypt is looking to buy the two Mistral-class helicopter carrier and amphibious assault ships from France. The two ships were originally built for...

August 30 2015 In May 2015 Saudi Arabia requested a sale for 10 MH-60R ‘Multi-Mission Helicopters’ with spare-parts and logistical and maintenance support for $1.9bn U.S. On August 27 2015 the U.S Department of Defense awarded...