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Qatar, UAE
ISR race on between the UAE's Calidus and Aquila and German branch of Qatar's Barzan

According to our sources, Calidus, the company run by the UAE defence ministry, decided to review all its plans last [...]

Published on 10.02.2021 at 03:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Jamming wars

China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

Europe, Russia
War in the 'grey zone': Russian intelligence preparations in Europe

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Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

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Qatar, UAE
ISR race on between the UAE's Calidus and Aquila and German branch of Qatar's Barzan

France, South Korea, UAE
MBDA faces unexpected competition from LIG Nex1 and Hanwha on Emirati corvettes contract

South Korea, UAE
Abu Dhabi opens its arms to LIG Nex1's new satellite observation radars

Indonesia, UAE
Faris Al Mazrouei's Calidus plays star role in Indonesia-UAE defence relationship

UAE
Abu Dhabi brings in L3Harris to help develop its airborne intelligence gathering capacity

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The ups and downs of Saudi spyplane operator GDC Middle East

Qatar, United Kingdom
UAE-Qatar battle for influence online and in court

Europe, Qatar, United States
Doha tries to sell drones to Europe

Qatar, United States
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Spotlight | Qatar, United States
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