DTN News - UAE DEFENSE NEWS: UAE Looks To Purchase Five UH-60M Blackhawk Helicopters....NSI News Source Info # 2141

DTN News - UAE DEFENSE NEWS: UAE Looks To Purchase Five UH-60M Blackhawk Helicopters....NSI News Source Info # 2141

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 27, 2011: The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified the US Congress last week of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the United Arab Emirates of five UH-60M Blackhawk VIP helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $217 million.

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DTN News - UAE DEFENSE NEWS: Bigger Than Blackwater ~ Arming The UAE....NSI News Source Info # 2064

DTN News - UAE DEFENSE NEWS: Bigger Than Blackwater ~ Arming The UAE....NSI News Source Info # 2064

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 11, 2011:

The International Defense Exhibition, otherwise known as IDEX, has been held bi-annually in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since 1993. It is the largest defense expo in the Middle East and North Africa and one of the biggest in the world. But far from being a one-off, it highlights the UAE’s growing stature as a global arms buyer.

This year’s IDEX took place in the glistening Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center. Its high ceilings and massive rooms displayed a diverse array of high-tech weaponry against the backdrop of heavily illuminated signboards like the ones you see in the showrooms of luxury car dealerships. All the big Western defense corporations were there — Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Dyncorp, Northrup Grumman, European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. — as well as Chinese companies, including China North. There were also a host of local companies including Arabian Aerospace, Abu Dhabi Ship Building Company, and the state-owned Mubadala. Like all of these events, it was a heavily male enterprise. The exhibitors wore suits. The visitors wore either the military uniform of the UAE or traditional Arab dress.

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DTN News -BOEING DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Delivers UAE Air Force And Air Defence's 1st C-17....NSI News Source Info # 1932

DTN News -BOEING DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Delivers UAE Air Force And Air Defence's 1st C-17....NSI News Source Info # 1932

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LONG BEACH, Calif., May 10, 2011: Boeing [NYSE: BA] today delivered the first of six C-17 Globemaster III airlifters to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defence during a ceremony at the company’s final assembly facility in Long Beach.

“It is with great pride that we accept delivery of our first C-17, which will help expand our ability to perform humanitarian and strategic-lift missions in the region and around the world,” said Maj. Gen. Staff Pilot Mohammed bin Suwaidan Saeed Al Qamzi, UAE Air Force and Air Defence commander. “The C-17’s advanced capabilities, high reliability, and mission readiness rate met all of our requirements.”

The UAE will take delivery of three more C-17s this year and two in 2012 as it modernizes its airlift capabilities.

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“I am proud to say that the first C-17 airlifter delivered to the United Arab Emirates was built in the great state of California. C-17s can be seen in the skies over California and around the world delivering humanitarian aid to those in need, even to the most remote runways in the world,” said California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. “My hope and mission is to make sure that we keep this capability alive and keep this production line rolling.”