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Dh19 billion in military deals reached in Abu Dhabi

The final day of Idex and Navdex 2017 saw military procurement deals worth more than Dh3.4 billion, bringing the total number of sales to almost a whopping Dh19.2 billion - exceeding Idex 2015's exhibition by almost Dh1 billion. Naval Staff Colonel Fahed Nasser Al Thehli, Official Spokesperson of Navdex 2017, announced eight new deals on…

Want to take a flight without a pilot? Here’s your chance

The future will see an increased use of automated aircraft - that requires little or no human intervention - to perform a wide range of military and civilian tasks, according to experts from American defense giant Lockheed Martin. At the defence exhibition Idex 2017, Lockheed Martin displayed one of its autonomous aircraft - the KMAX - a…