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280 AIM-120C AMRAAM for Saudi Arabia

The U.S. State Department has approved a sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of 280 AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $650 million, announced the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced on 04 November. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a press release that it…
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Russia & Saudi Arabia Committed to Strengthening Cooperation

  On the second day of the VII International Military-Technical Forum, the Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu held a meeting with the Deputy Defence Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Khaled bin Salman Al-Saud. Prince Khaled bin Salman Al-Saud, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, said at his meeting with Russian Minister…
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Saudi-Russian Joint Space Manned Mission

Saudi Arabia and Russia are preparing for a joint space manned mission, the Russian Government announced in a statement on Tuesday. The progress of the joint Russian-Saudi mission was discussed at the seventh meeting of the Russian-Saudi Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation. "Speaking about the work of the two countries in…
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SIPRI: USA Largest Arms Supplier, Saudi Arabia Biggest Importer

According to new data on global arms transfers published today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in between 2016-2020 the United States remains the largest arms exporter accounting for 37% of global arms sales, and  Saudi Arabia the world’s largest arms importer with 11% of the shares of major arms importers. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on…
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Saudi Arabia Aims at Localising Military Industries

The Governor of the General Authority for Military Industries in Saudi Arabia (GAMI), Ahmad A. Al-Ohali, confirmed, on Saturday, that his country has an ambitious project to localise military industries within "Vision 2030". Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. Al-Ohali said on the sidelines of his participation in the International Defence Conference IDC 2021 in…
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Saudi F-15SA Fighters Exercise with US Air Force

The Saudi Ministry of Defence has released footage documenting a bilateral exercise between Saudi F-15SA fighters and US Air Force strategic bombers B-52 as well as F-16 fighters in Riyadh. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. The Saudi Ministry of Defence said that Royal Saudi Air Force and the US Air Force concluded in Riyadh…
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(MH-60R) Multi-Mission Helicopters Launched by Saudi Arabia

Commander of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces Lieutenant General Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Ghafili launched on 23 December the Multi-Mission Combat Navy Helicopters (MH-60R). Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. The launch was attended by the Commander of the US Central Command, Fifth Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) Samuel Paparo, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA)…
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Saudi International Airshow 2021 Postponed due to COVID-19

The organizers of the second Saudi International Airshow, which was supposed to take place 16-18 February 2021, said that the airshow has been postponed due to Covid-19. Below is the official announcement made by the organizers of the event. Despite Saudi Arabia’s positive restart in economic growth and the resumption of international flights to the…
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First Saudi-Made Fast Interceptor Boat

The Ministry of Defence and the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) of Saudi Arabia announced yesterday the launch and localization of the first locally-manufactured HSI32 speed interceptor boats as well as the commissioning of the first floating dock. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. This is the first fast interceptor boat of the type…
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