Tawazun to support Al Fattan Holding Investment’s ambitious shipyard expansion plans
Tawazun Economic Council, a key enabler of the UAE’s defense and security industry, and Al Fattan Holding Investment, a UAE leading shipbuilding group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, supporting the latter’s plan to upgrade its three shipyards in Abu Dhabi and Fujairah to meet the operational requirement of the UAE Naval and Air Forces. […]
Tawazun and Yahsat collaborate to develop ‘Made in the UAE’ SATCOM solutions
Tawazun Economic Council and the UAE’s flagship satellite services operator, Yahsat, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a new company to develop critical in-country capabilities in relation to the development and manufacture of advanced satcom solutions within the UAE, with a focus on building intellectual property locally for increased national security and […]
SDF and EOS new joint venture signed a cooperation agreement with EPI to manufacture components
The joint venture between Strategic Development Fund (SDF) and EOS Defence Systems Pty Limited (EOS) have signed a collaboration agreement with EDGE Precision Industries (EPI) for the manufacturing and supply of high precision components of the new 14.5 x 114 mm Light-Weight weapon system, currently under development for production in the UAE. The SDF and […]
SDF and EOS form a partnership to develop a cutting-edge Multi-Platform, Light-Weight, 14.5 x 114 mm weapon system
SDF, the investment arm of Tawazun Economic Council and EOS Defence Systems Pty Limited (EOS) have signed an agreement to establish a JV with equal partnership, which would design and develop a new multi-platform Light-Weight 14.5 x 114 mm Chain Driven Machine Gun in the UAE, with the involvement of international and local engineering and […]
Tawazun and Saudi Arabia’s GAMI ink MOU for cooperation on defense industries
Tawazun Economic Council and Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the sidelines of the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2021), currently underway in Abu Dhabi. The MOU aims to build strategic relations of cooperation, partnership and integration between the two sides to enhance the […]
Tawazun Economic Council and Thales Emarat Technologies announce the development of a Radar Center of Excellence
Tawazun Economic Council and Thales Emarat Technologies, have announced the launch of a Radar Center of Excellence in accordance with the UAE Strategic Vision. Thales Emarat Technologies is a fully integrated local entity that intends to assist sustainable technology transfer and support the creation of local jobs and careers. The mandate for the Radar Center […]
Tawazun and MBDA to cooperate on SmartGlider development
Tawazun and MBDA have signed a head of terms agreement with the intent to cooperate in the field of smart guided weapon systems. Matar Ali Romaithi, Chief Officer of the Economic Development Unit at Tawazun and Florent Duleux, Group Export Sales Director at MBDA, signed the document during this year’s IDEX exhibition in the presence […]
Saab inks multiple agreements with Tawazun at IDEX 2021
Saab has signed multiple agreements with Tawazun Economic Council and Tawazun Technology and Innovation at the IDEX 2021 international defence exhibition in Abu Dhabi. The agreements will see Saab carrying out research and development in the UAE in the sensor systems area as well as participate in the Sustain and Enhance Emiratization in Defence and […]
CEO of Tawazun addresses challenges facing UAE defence industry during International Defense Conference 2021
Tareq Abdulraheem Al Hosani, CEO of Tawazun, addressed the challenges facing the UAE defence industry today, as he participated in the third panel of the 2021 International Defense Conference today. There were four main ‘in person and virtual’ sessions; the first session discussed ways to protect artificial intelligence and other Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies from […]
Tawazun to present its vision for investing in defence research at International Defence Conference 2021
Tawazun Economic Council has announced its participation in the International Defence Conference 2021 which accompanies IDEX and NAVDEX 2021. The conference will open in Abu Dhabi on February 20th at the ADNOC Business Centre, Al Bateen. This edition of the conference is the first to be held after the International Defence Conference and Tawazun’s Abu […]
