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  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Ship Building Company (ADSB) and Lockheed Martin announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in providing support services for UAE Military maritime assets. The MoU was signed by Dr Khaled Al Mazrouei, CEO of Abu Dhabi Ship Building, and Joe North, Vice President of Littoral Ship and Systems at ...

  DUBAI / WAM Borse Dubai and Nasdaq announced the signing of a new agreement to bolster the technological infrastructure of Dubai’s stock exchanges, Dubai Financial Market (DFM), and Nasdaq Dubai, and further improve post-trade practices. Under the agreement with Borse Dubai, the parent company of DFM, Nasdaq will deliver a new INET-powered, multi-asset trading technology engine, the Nasdaq Matching ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed an agreement with Vitol, the world’s largest independent energy trader, for the sale of up to 528,000 tonnes per year of LPG over the next 10 years. The long-term agreement, backdated to January 1, 2017, and which will expire on the December 31, 2026, was signed on ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Staff Brigadier-General Rashid Mohammed Al Shamsi, Official Spokesperson of IDEX 2017, announced 20 new deals worth over AED 3.4 billion at a press conference on day four of the 13th edition of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, IDEX 2017. The national companies were awarded 13 deals, while the remaining seven deals went to international companies. ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Atlas Telecom, a full service communications technology integration and security solutions company, has launched its breakthrough coastal surveillance and protection systems for UAE and GCC Security authorities at the ongoing International Defence Exhibition and Conference (Idex 2017) in Abu Dhabi. The company threw spotlight on its newest and most advanced range of Vessel Identification System (VIDS) ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Milrem, an Estonian military technology solutions provider, has expressed its intention to build a production unit to develop and arm unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) in the UAE. “We, as a company believe in cooperation, and if the UAE Armed Forces start using these vehicles, we will produce these systems in the UAE,” Kuldar Vaarsi, Chairman of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) signed on Wednesday a partnership agreement with Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments (ADASI), the region’s first reliable one-stop solutions provider within the autonomous systems industry. The agreement mandates the participation of ADASI as a strategic partner in the 2018 editions of the Unmanned Systems Exhibition and Conference (UMEX) and Simulation ...

  COPENHAGEN / WAM HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, was received by Anders Samuelson, Danish Foreign Minister, Soren Pape Poulsen, Justice Minister, and Merete Riisager, Minister of Education. The meetings dealt with means of boosting bilateral relations between the UAE and the Kingdom of Denmark in various fields, including the educational and ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al Beshir said the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) 2017 is based on advanced ideas as a first-grade investment and tourism project, seen as an excellent forum for visitors to exchange knowledge and experience. He added that the Arab region would benefit from the successful integration of its military industries, and ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Media City (DMC) and Dubai Press Club (DPC) announced on Wednesday the launch of the e-book edition of the “Arab Media Outlook, 2016-2018: Youth..Content..Digital” report. Available in an interactive digital format that conforms with the digital transformation era, the report reflects Dubai’s strategy and approach to becoming amongst the world’s smartest cities. The e-book is meant to ...