“This edition has been nothing short of exceptional,” Maj. Gen. Staff Pilot Faris Khalaf Al Mazrouei, chairman of the Higher Organizing Committee, which enables our nation to cultivate and expand our defense infrastructure and technological systems, using them to ensure security and peace across the Mideast.
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Chyrine Mezher on February 26, 2021 at 5:47 PM
Mr Alan said Raytheon Emirates is in the early stages of developing partnerships with Abu Dhabi defence conglomerate Edge to identify capabilities and technologies to develop together.
A front-runner for local deployment is a high-energy laser weapon system known as HELWS2, or H2, that can detect the cheap, off-the-shelf drones favoured by non-state actors from less than five kilometres away, and bring them down. The system can protect critical infrastructure like airports, oilfields and power grids.
Sweden’s Saab is another landed company in the UAE.
It announced its first product fully developed and made in Abu Dhabi at Idex: a rugged infrared camera that Anna-Karin Rosen, managing director of Saab Ltd, told
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Abu Dhabi Ports teams up with Saab on surveillance, vessel traffic management
ABU DHABI, 23rd February, 2021 (WAM) Saab has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Abu Dhabi Ports regarding collaboration for the development of technologies for port surveillance and vessel traffic management. The agreement was signed at the international defence exhibition IDEX 2021 in Abu Dhabi.
Saab is a leading defence and security company in the UAE, partnering with the UAE government and institutions to support the building of a competitive defence and security industry and ecosystem.
For Saab successful strategic partnerships are key to success and essential to generate innovative products and solutions for national needs as well as the global market.
Saab reveals first UAE developed product at IDEX 2021
ABU DHABI, February 17, 2021 Saab, a leading defence and security company in the UAE, is revealing its first UAE developed product at IDEX 2021, which opens on February 21 in Abu Dhabi. Saab’s inaugural UAE developed product is a Rugged Camera Module – Infrared, (RCAM-IR) which features an extremely rugged design for harsh and demanding environments. This is the first of many such products to be developed in the UAE and is part of Saab’s objective to support the country and regional manufacturers with advanced and reliable electronic solutions, the company said. RCAM-IR is available with a variety of different field of views making it optimal for both Driver Vision Enhancer System (DVE) as well as for Local Situational Awareness Systems (LSAS). The increased situational awareness due to RCAM-IR will be part of a self-protection suite designed to mitigate threats to crews and armoured vehicles.