Abu Dhabi, UAE-- The International Defence Conference (IDC 2023), which will be held one day ahead of the IDEX and NAVDEX exhibitions will kick off today at ADNOC Business Centre. The conference is expected to see the participation of a large number of leaders and officials from regional and international defence...

It will focus on the development of defense trading.

Abu Dhabi, UAE - The International Defense Conference 2023 will be held on 19th February at the ADNOC Business Centre in Abu Dhabi. A large number of leaders, decision-makers, ministers, senior officials and speakers representing defense industries from all over the world are expected to participate in it, local media...

Claiming that it has repelled a drone attack on a military site, Iran's defense ministry said that an unsuccessful attack was carried out by armed drones on one of the workshop complexes in central Isfahan province. The strike on the military site occurred late Saturday night and caused only minor...

Istanbul, Turkey--Turkey said on Saturday that it had called off a visit by Sweden's defense minister over a planned anti-Turkey protest in Stockholm. "At this point, Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson's visit to Turkey on January 27 has lost its significance and meaning, so we cancelled the visit," Turkish Defense...

ABU DHABI, UAE - IDEX and NAVDEX 2023 exhibitions, to be held from February 20-23 in Abu Dhabi, will host over 15 high-level panels. ADNEC Group is organizing the 16th edition of the International Defense Exhibition & Conference (IDEX 2023), and the seventh edition of the Naval Defense & Maritime...

Hundreds of Syrians in the rebel-held north protested against signs of a thaw between Ankara and Damascus after their defense ministers met in Moscow for the first time since 2011. Several hundred demonstrators gathered in Al-Bab, a town controlled by rebel factions long backed by Ankara. "We will not reconcile,...

Turkey, which helped broker a deal with the United Nations for the export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea this summer, is seeking to bring together Russian and Ukrainian leaders for negotiations to end the war. It already hosted a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers in...

A pick-up in aircraft orders boosted demand for big-ticket US manufactured goods in October, with numbers rising more than expected, government data showed. Durable goods orders rose one percent to $277.4 billion last month, up from a revised 0.3 percent bump in September, the Commerce Department reported. Transportation equipment led...

With its revenues buoyed by high hydrocarbon prices over the past year, Algeria intends to double its defense budget to $23 billion next year. Africa's top natural gas producer has seen a spike in tensions with its neighbor Morocco over the disputed Western Sahara.

The pact were inked during the B20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia.

Among the agreements was Saudi investment for South Korean refiner S-OIL's Shaheen project, which would build petrochemical production facilities in South Korea worth $6.7 billion, according to the office of President Yoon Suk-yeol.

Moscow had said on Saturday that it was temporarily pulling out of the grain deal, accusing Ukraine of using a safe shipping corridor established under the agreement to launch a drone assault on its Black Sea fleet.

Pact aims to expand railway solutions, technology in region.

Libya has signed two defense deals with Turkey, building on a 2019 agreement that had seen the latter claim large and potentially gas-rich areas of the eastern Mediterranean, angering Greece, France and the European Union. The deal was signed with Libya's Tripoli-based prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah.

A high-level UAE delegation, on a visit to Egypt, met with senior officials of the Egyptian Ministry of Defense.

Nearly a week after the US said Russia was receiving Iranian combat drones to be used in the Ukraine war, Iran says that it is looking to buy Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from Russia. Both the countries are under international sanctions, Iran for pulling out of the nuclear deal and...

The Iranian defense ministry has "provided 51 cities in the country with the necessary installations and equipment for passive defense, said deputy defense minister Mehdi Farahi. He added that the ministry is "now able to identify the threats thanks to the infrastructure put in place to confront all sorts of...

The Saudi firm says weapons business fueled growth.

Two weeks after US President Joe Biden made the visit to the Middle East, Saudi Arabia and the UAE will receive billions of dollars worth missile defense systems from the US to shoot down incoming enemy missiles or aircraft. The kingdom has been attacked by missiles fired by Houthi rebels...

The agreements cover logistics and transportation, renewable energies, manufacturing, environment services, aquaculture, defense, trade, engineering and agriculture.

Boeing plans to show off several planes including the MAX 10.

United States is seeking to crack down on Russians seeking to skirt existing sanctions by "covertly" acquiring US, Japanese and European defence components.

Iran's defense ministry said Sunday it has carried out a second test launch of a satellite carrier, ahead of the expected restart of nuclear talks. In February last year, the ministry said it had test-launched a new satellite carrier, the Zoljanah, but without providing details on the result.

UAE’s Ministry of Finance has announced that the revenues of federal authorities in the first quarter of 2022 amounted to AED11.339 billion ($3 billion) while their expenditures amounted to some AED11.354 billion during the same period. In the financial performance report of the outcomes of the implementation of the general...

The UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT), Emirates Development Bank (EDB), and EDGE Group, one of the world’s top 25 advanced technology groups for defence, have signed a mutual agreement to support the Group's manufacturing development. The agreement is in line with the UAE’s Fourth Industrial Revolution program,...

Several partnerships and collaboration agreements were signed between leading aerospace, aviation, space and defense organizations during the sixth edition of the Global Aerospace Summit 2022, hosted by Mubadala. During the summit, LeoLabs announced a multi-million dollar award to provide data and services for the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF)....

Israel reopened on Sunday its only crossing with the Gaza Strip to Palestinian workers nearly two weeks after closing it over unrest, the defence ministry said. The crossing is used by 12,000 Palestinians with permits to enter Israel for work.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that hundreds of people had been removed from the Azovstal steel plant in Azov, and that preparations for a second stage of evacuation comprising the wounded and medics were under way.

Ukrainian troops "liberated" the suburban town of Irpin, Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky said, wresting a key gateway to the capital's northwest from Russian control, even as its negotiators prepared to meet Russian counterparts for face-to-face talks in Istanbul on Tuesday.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki again called on the EU to "very quickly give Ukraine candidate status".

The Saudi Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced the closing of 23 deals worth more than SR 13 billion ($3.46 billion) with local and international companies on Wednesday, the fourth day of World Defense Show 2022, the kingdom’s first defense show. The MoD signed five deals with the Saudi Arabian Military...

Saudi Arabia's first World Defense Show has seen the signing of 22 industrial partnerships with domestic and international defense companies with a value of SR8 billion ($2.13 billion), according to the show's founder. The General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI), which is also the regulator of the Kingdom’s defense sector,...

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has inaugurated the four-day-long World Defense Show in Riyadh, organized by the General Authority for Military Industries.

The United States and Western allies are still able to deliver arms into Ukraine to bolster the military, and Washington plans to send more in the coming days to help them fight both Russian armor on the ground and assaults from the air, according to a US defense official.

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,...

The United Arab Emirates said Wednesday it plans to buy a dozen Chinese L15 aircraft, as it seeks to bolster its defenses after a series of attacks by Yemeni rebels. The country intended to sign a contract with the Chinese company to purchase 12 of the L15 training and light...

UAE’s Ministry of Defense said on Tuesday that it signed three new deals worth AED966.25 million ($263 million) on the second day of the 5th edition of UMEX & SimTEX 2022. On the second day, the event witnessed wide-scale participation of major companies specializing in unmanned systems, training, and simulation...

The UAE warned Sunday of the rising threat of drone attacks, such as those launched against it by Yemen's Houthi rebels, at a defense industry conference on unmanned systems. The UAE has been on heightened alert since a Houthi drone and missile attack killed three oil workers.

The World Defense Exhibition (WDE) declared that its first edition will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from March 6-9, 2022, according to media reports. WDE is a leading global event on defense and security. The exhibition will begin with an opening ceremony that includes live demonstrations of the capabilities...

This comes amid recent attacks on the UAE by Houthi rebels from Yemen, which have prompted global condemnation.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz, making his first visit to Bahrain, said the memorandum of understanding, that covers intelligence, procurement and joint training, takes the countries' relationship to "new heights". Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) normalized relations with Israel in Sept. 2020.

Bahrain will receive F-16 simulators produced by Lockheed Martin to train pilots for national defense missions under a new agreement, the US-based defense and aerospace giant said. Bahrain was the first country in the Gulf region to acquire the F-16 and the first in the world to procure the advanced...

Saudi Arabia and Romania signed on Tuesday a defense cooperation agreement that covers training, exchange of expertise, technologies, developing communications systems, medical services, military history, archives, publications, and museums, among others. The agreement is in line with the two sides’ commitment to promote and encourage international peace and stability. Assistant...

Top UAE and US military officials discussed regional and defense issues in Washington as part of the annual Joint Military Dialogue. High-profile delegations headed by Lt. General Eng. Issa Saif bin Ablan Al Mazrouei, Deputy Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, and Dr. Colin H. Kahl, US Under-Secretary...

The 2022-2023 budget allocates about $5 billion to boost "defense capacities and strategic research", up from $4 billion the previous year.

A well-known Turkish defense analyst and founder of the opposition Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), Metin Gurcan, has been jailed on charges of "political and military espionage," local media reported on Tuesday.

Acquisition aimed at diversifying Emirates Stallions' business.

The opening was also attended by GCC defense ministers, and GCC Secretary General Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf.

Group Captain Peter Hackett completed a short flight in an Ikarus C42 microlight aircraft at an airfield in Gloucestershire, western England, earlier this month.