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SAUDI ARABIA Issue 752 dated 03/02/2016

Saudi Arabian Bajuwaiber aims for skies

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SAUDI ARABIA 22/02/2017

Defence minister moves forward on aerospace overhaul

Mohammed bin Salman's enthusiasm for reform is about to have an impact on the aeronautics and space sectors. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 25/01/2017

London helps Riyadh build GEOINT tool

In a prelude to using it for Geospatial-intelligence (GEOINT), the [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 18/05/2016

Rakaa supports Orbital ATK in Riyadh

The US defence company Orbital ATK has local outfit Rakaa Holding on board its bid to sell optical observation satellites to Saudi Arabia. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 16/03/2016

BtoG observation satellites

Riyadh has made it clear that the contract for optical [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 02/12/2015

Battle for GEOINT agency

Tension is mounting in Riyadh between the various services that [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 18/11/2015

New GEOINT agency on launchpad

According to our sources, Mohamed bin Salman, the Saudi defence minister, is thinking of merging the communications and observation satellite [...]

SAUDI ARABIA FRANCE 07/10/2015

Manuel Valls seeks satellite success in Riyadh

After months of major tensions in Franco-Saudi defence business dealings, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls' upcoming visit to Riyadh may relieve the situation. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA UNITED STATES 10/06/2015

Amer Kayani, Orbital's trump card

Washington is positioning its pawns to snag the contract, also being pursued by the French, to supply a constellation of optical observation satellites to Riyadh. [...]

Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA UNITED STATES FRANCE 27/05/2015

Riyadh caught between Washington, Paris

The recent chill between Riyadh and Paris over defence contracts notwithstanding, Saudi Arabia is being pulled in two directions as it steps up its diplomatic and military engagement with France while trying to remain in tune with its major ally, [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED STATES 11/03/2015

Al Mady tasked with reforming MIC

By appointing Mohammed Al Mady to head the publicly owned Military Industries Corp (MIC), King Salman Bin Adbelaziz is hoping to bring the company closer to the US. [...]

Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 20/11/2013

Discreet race for drones

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are going all-out to equip themselves with armed drones, in case the US and Iran reconcile, to their cost (IOL 696). Tehran's own drone programmes are fairly well advanced and the Gulf monarchies [...]

Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA UNITED STATES 25/09/2013

Riyadh rethinks military without US

US moves in the region in the past couple of years have prompted some serious thought in Saudi Arabia: Despite the two countries' alliance, would Barack Obama intervene militarily if the Saudi monarchy came under threat? Doubts have been fuelled [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 27/03/2013

Riyadh's secret armed drone programme

Since the US has refused to supply it with armed drones, Saudi Arabia wants to conduct its own national drone programme with the help of South Africa. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA QATAR 16/01/2013

Gulf states get into spy satellites

After the United Arab Emirates, Qatar is now looking to have its own military observation satellite, and Saudi Arabia is expected to be next. [...]

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Arms sales: first fallout over Khashoggi affair

Florence Parly's space defence strategy in the works

Macron and Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discuss security issues

Defence minister moves forward on aerospace overhaul

London helps Riyadh build GEOINT tool

Rakaa supports Orbital ATK in Riyadh

BtoG observation satellites

Battle for GEOINT agency

New GEOINT agency on launchpad

Manuel Valls seeks satellite success in Riyadh

Amer Kayani, Orbital's trump card

Riyadh caught between Washington, Paris

Al Mady tasked with reforming MIC

Discreet race for drones

Riyadh rethinks military without US

Riyadh's secret armed drone programme

Gulf states get into spy satellites

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