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January 23, 2024
17:04 pm
Abu Dhabi – Gulf
The Tawazun Council – the body responsible for managing acquisitions, procurement and contracts for the Ministry of Defence, announced the signing of 5 deals with local and international companies with a total value of 971 million UAE dirhams, during the press conference held at the end of the first day of the Unmanned Systems Exhibition “UMEX” and Simulation. The “Semtex” training is in its sixth session, in the presence of Zayed Saeed Al Muraikhi and Majid Ahmed Al Jabri, the official spokespersons for the “Balance Council”, Saeed bin Khadem Al Mansouri, Defense Exhibition Advisor at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC), and a number of senior officers, officials and local media representatives. And international.
Contract and project deals for local companies reached 3 deals, worth 899 million dirhams, while the total number of international contract deals reached 2 deals, worth 72 million dirhams.
Zayed Saeed Al Muraikhi revealed the local deals for the Ministry of Defense on the first day of the UMEX and SimTEX 2024 exhibitions, which included contracting with Resource Industries to purchase a drone obstruction gun at a value of 10 million dirhams, and contracting with International Golden Group to purchase aircraft systems. Providing technical support and training services for a period of 5 years worth 874 million dirhams, in addition to contracting with Al Yah Satellite Communications Company “Yahsat” to provide frequency space worth 16 million dirhams.
For his part, Majid Ahmed Al Jabri said that the international deals for the first day of the “UMEX and SimTEX 2024” exhibitions included a contract with the Canadian Aviation Electronics Company (CAE) to provide support services for the training center simulators at a value of 49 million dirhams, and a contract with the Chinese National Company to Import and Export Technology. CATIC Aviation to purchase defense systems to combat drones at a value of 23 million dirhams.
Al-Muraikhi said that the “UMEX and SimTEX 2024” exhibitions reflect the UAE’s global leadership in the field of unmanned systems, simulation and training, in addition to the importance represented by the unmanned systems sector and the capabilities possessed by local industries in this sector, stressing the Tawazun Council’s directions towards enhancing aspects of joint cooperation. Among the largest companies specialized in the defense industries sector locally and globally, to achieve progress and keep pace with the rapid technological developments witnessed in this field.
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