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  • Saudi Eurofighter Sale Could Reinforce Riyadh’s Air Defenses After Depleting Yemen Campaign

    Germany’s recent decision to lift its years-long ban on a British sale of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets and supply IRIS-T medium-range air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia is undoubtedly welcomed by Riyadh.

    Aside from bolstering the kingdom’s modern air force, the sale will reinforce Saudi capabilities against armed drones coming from Yemen. However, one shouldn’t expect Riyadh to engage in anything other than defensive actions against the Houthis there.

  • Saudi, Turkish, Pakistani tripartite committee convenes for defense cooperation talks

    The second meeting of the Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani tripartite committee was held in Islamabad, Pakistan, to discuss defense cooperation and ways to enhance it. The meeting was attended by Saudi Assistant Minister of Defense Eng. Talal Al-Otaibi, Chief of General Staff of the Pakistani Army Gen. Muhammad Owais, and Turkish Deputy Minister of Defense Jalal Sami Tawfik.

  • No truth to rumors about foreign forces at Taif airbase: Saudi defense ministry

    Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry said that rumors about the  presence of foreign forces at King Fahd Air Base in Taif were false, Al Arabiya reported early on Friday, citing Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki, the ministry’s spokesperson.

  • Saudi Ambassador to the US to Chair International Women in Defense Program at World Defense Show 2024 in February

    Saudi Ambassador to the United States of America Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz will chair the International Women in Defense Program, which aims to promote women's participation and celebrate their significant role in the defense sector.

  • Saudi defense minister meets French President Macron

    Earlier, Prince Khalid toured the frigate Chevalier Paul with Sébastien Lecornu, the French armed forces minister. “I had the opportunity to watch an air defense exercise involving Rafale aircraft. I also explored the frigate’s defense capabilities and advanced technologies and equipment,” he posted on X. “It was great to have you on board, to witness together the French army expertise, world class equipment and leadership. Thank you for joining us,” Lecornu responded to Prince Khalid on social media.

  • US defense secretary visits aircraft carrier, hails ‘lynchpin’ of Middle East deterrence

    U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, and thanked its crew for their role in helping prevent a broader conflict in the Middle East during the Israel-Hamas war.

    The nuclear-powered Ford, a small, floating city of over 4,000 people with eight squadrons of aircraft, became a powerful symbol of American resolve by rushing closer to Israel after it was attacked by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Oct. 7.

  • Boeing aims to ‘stabilize’ defense business as it pitches Mideast countries

    The Dubai Air Show opened with a whopping win for the company’s commercial business: a $52 billion purchase of widebody airliners from Emirates, followed by other orders, including a rebuy of 737 Maxes by Ethiopian Airlines. And on the defense side, NATO announced yesterday that it would buy six Boeing surveillance aircraft, the E-7 Wedgetail, marking another international win for the program. That all came just weeks after the company told investors that its defense business was proving harder to turn around than expected amid high-profile program delays and losses on fixed-price contract

  • Saudi Arabia, UK discuss ways of enhancing defense cooperation

    Assistant Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia Eng. Talal Al-Otaibi received UK's Minister of Defense Procurement and Member of Parliament, James Cartlidge and his accompanying delegation in Riyadh. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways of increasing cooperation between the two Kingdom in the defense field, and the transfer and indigenization of technology in accordance with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030. Cooperation opportunities in defense research and development were also discussed between the two sides. The meeting was attended by a number of officials from both sides.

  • Patriot Games: Mideast Turmoil Prompts Shuffle of Prized Defense Systems

    The U.S. military was set to display one of its prized Patriot missile-defense systems at the Dubai Airshow this week, part of the American showcase at one of the world’s biggest arms fairs.

    Then war broke out in the Middle East, and the $1 billion battery, mounted on three trucks, was needed to defend U.S. troops based in the region from attack by Iran-backed militia groups—and the Pentagon dropped the plans for the show.

    Army leaders have warned for years they lacked enough of the systems, which fire interceptors to shoot down aircraft, missiles and drones, to meet the myriad U.S. national security challenges posed by strategic competition with China, war in Ukraine and fighting in the Middle East.

  • Saudi, US defense ministers hold wide-ranging talks in Washington

    Saudi Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman met US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the headquarters of the Department of Defense in Washington on Wednesday. Prince Khalid and Austin held official talks during which they reviewed the historical friendly relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States of America. They reaffirmed the strategic partnership between the two countries in the military and defense field, and ways to strengthen and develop it. The pioneering role of the two countries at regional and international levels in achieving international peace and security was also figured in the talks.