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Spotlight UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Issue dated 18/11/2015

ADASI, Zayed's choice for drones

Although the fall in the price of oil has left the coffers dry for defence deals not only in the United Arab Emirates but all of the Gulf region, Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments (ADASI) which is developing autonomous land [...]

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