UAE Defense Ministry signs deals worth $544m at UMEX & SimTEX

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The fifth edition of UMEX & SimTEX concluded on Wednesday.
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  • This was the largest edition of this event in terms of exhibition area and exhibitors, with 134 exhibitors from 26 countries from around the world.
  • The Ministry of Defense’s deals on the third and final day of UMEX & SimTEX 2022 included deals with local companies valued at AED 51 million.

Deals worth more than AED2 billion ($544 million) were made by UAE’s Ministry of Defense during the fifth edition of UMEX and SimTEX 2022 exhibitions, which concluded on Wednesday at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.

This was the largest edition of this event in terms of exhibition area and exhibitors, with 134 exhibitors from 26 countries from around the world.

On the final day of the exhibition, the Ministry of Defense announced the signing of six new deals with a total value of AED 455.495 million, an increase of more than 266 percent over the 2020 version, and the total deals and contracts concluded by the Ministry since the launch of the fifth edition saw an increase of approximately 177 percent from the fourth edition’s deals in 2020.

The Ministry of Defense’s deals on the third and final day of UMEX & SimTEX 2022 included deals with local companies valued at AED 51 million, and contracts with international companies valued at around AED 404.495 million.

These deals included one with Star Satellite Communications Company valued at AED 26 million for installing a communications system for the drone project, and a deal with the Emirates Technical Services for providing technical support and assistance for the container system at a value of AED 25 million.

The third day’s deals also included one valued at AED 112.966 million with Boeing for providing training and maintenance services for flight simulators, and one with France’s Thales DMS valued at AED 66.128 million for updating and developing naval systems on planes, a deal valued at AED 194.352 with ESE Limited for providing self-defense equipment for planes, and a deal valued at AED 31.048 million with CAE Maritime Middle East for revising the contract for a plane training centre.

At the conclusion of the event, Major General Dr. Mubarak Saeed Ghafan Al Jabri, head of the UMEX and SimTEX 2022 and accompanying conference Higher Organizing Committee, said: “This growth in the scale of deals reflects the UAE’s pivotal role in enhancing the national and regional economy, stability, and security and its leading position in promoting innovations in the field of unmanned systems. It also supports its work towards developing national capabilities which empower and strengthen the UAE to confront challenges.”

Humaid Matar Al Dhaheri, Managing Director and CEO of Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) and its group of subsidiaries, said, “The fifth edition of UMEX and SimTEX was successful in light of the current exceptional circumstances, as the total area of the two exhibitions increased by 20 percent compared to the previous edition. In 2022, the number of exhibiting companies reached 141 companies from 27 countries, while the number of visitors to the exhibition reached 15,874, and the number of official delegations increased to 264 official delegations, an increase of 32 percent compared to the previous edition of the exhibition.”

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