Abu Dhabi / WAM Thirty one new arms deals worth over AED4 billion were announced on the third day of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, IDEX 2017, bringing the total transactions over the three days to AED15.41 billion. Brigadier-General Rashid Mohammed Al Shamsi, Official Spokesperson of IDEX 2017, announced at a daily press briefing that 19 of the deals …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Caracal International, the Abu Dhabi-based original equipment manufacturer and small arms producer, today unveiled Sultan, a 5.56mm calibre assault rifle, named after Emirati martyr Staff Colonel Sultan Mohammed bin Huwaiden Al Ketbi. “Sultan is the company’s latest light firearm. It is a 100 percent national product. It was designed for various assault missions and is capable …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Milrem, the Estonian defence solutions provider, has joined forces with Raytheon UK, Advanced Electronics Company and IGG Aselsan Integrated Systems to demonstrate advanced robotic warfare capability based on their fully modular hybrid unmanned ground vehicle THeMIS. Together with these prestigious partners, Milrem is exhibiting three different solutions of the world’s first fully modular hybrid unmanned ground …