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I would just like to take this opportunity to say... I told you So.
Persian Gulf & Middle East Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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Bernard
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By Stanley Carvalho
ABU DHABI Thu Feb 26, 2015 8:08am EST
A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft of the United States Air Force (USAF) performs a fly-by during the Singapore Airshow in Singapore February 15, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Tim Chong
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The Middle East’s largest arms expo ended on Thursday with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announcing it had spent a record amount at the event, signaling continued spending on defense in a region where security is of rising concern.
At 18.33 billion dirhams ($5 billion), the total for deals signed with local and international companies by the Gulf Arab state was the highest at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) since the event began in the early 1990s.
It was also up 30 percent on the previous event in 2013.
This spending comes despite a declining oil price putting pressure on government spending across the Gulf region and reflects regional political instability, particularly in and Syria. The UAE is one of the nations undertaking bombing runs against Islamic State targets.
"It is according to the requirements of the armed forces, which is increasing," Obeid al-Ketbi, chairman of the organizing committee for the IDEX event in Abu Dhabi, told reporters, adding the quality of the requirements was also different to previous shows.
One of the last to be announced at the biennial event was a 2.27 billion dirham deal with Boeing for the purchase of two C-17 military transport planes.
Other contracts announced during the week-long event were a 3.75 billion dirham deal with Airbus and Thales to purchase two satellites and their land control stations, and a 732 million dirham contract with AgustaWestland to buy nine AW139 helicopters.
The event witnessed around 1,200 companies from 55 countries showcase their military wares.
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UAE just bought two C-17s how many does that leave Boeing from the final 10? This marketing ploy of theirs saying they will be closing the line is working. It may spark more interest and have to keep it open]
ShahryarHedayat
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it's just for training the young marines and testing the new swarm tactics
take it easy
ShahryarHedayat
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yes , Ghader cruise missile is a joint product of navy and MOD
and they sell it to IRGC' Navy
Navy missile tests in 2013
ShahryarHedayat
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More vids:
nice trajectory
good hit
even a Hornet from Jolly Rogers squadron is visible
ShahryarHedayat
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Ex-defense contractor admits sending jet information to Iran
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former defense contractor accused of sending sensitive information about U.S. military jet programs to his native Iran in an effort to land a job there pleaded guilty on Wednesday.
Mozaffar Khazaee entered his plea to violating the Arms Export Control Act in federal court and faces up to 20 years in prison. Sentencing for Khazaee, who's 60, is set for May.
Federal prosecutors said Khazaee, who used to live in Manchester, stole information about engines used in the F35 Joint Strike Fighter and F-22 Raptor programs from three employers, including East Hartford-based Pratt & Whitney. He tried to use that information to get a job with multiple state-controlled universities in Iran from 2009 to 2013, authorities said.
Khazaee sent emails with information about the Joint Strike Fighter program to a person in Iran in November and December 2009, prosecutors said. In the emails, Khazaee described the knowledge and skills he obtained while working for the U.S. defense contractors, they said.
Court documents show that in one email Khazaee wrote to the person in Iran that "some of these are very controlled ... and I am taking (a) big risk. Again please after downloading these two Power Point files delete everything immediately."
In November 2013, customs agents in Long Beach, California, seized a shipment prepared by Khazaee that was headed to Iran. Prosecutors said the shipment included numerous boxes and digital media containing thousands of documents consisting of sensitive technical manuals, specification sheets, technical drawings and other proprietary material relating to military jet engines.
Khazaee was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey in January 2014 before boarding a flight on a trip to Iran. Authorities said they found similar sensitive information on jet engines in his luggage.
"The illegal export of our military technology compromises U.S. national security and reduces the advantages our armed forces currently possess," U.S. Attorney Deirdre Daly said in a statement. "We will aggressively investigate and hold accountable those who attempt to steal trade secrets and sensitive military technology from U.S. industries, whether for their own personal gain or for the benefit of foreign actors."
Khazaee's lawyer, Hubert Santos, has said the government wrongly inferred that Khazaee was trying to help the Iranian government and falsely accused him because he's an Iranian citizen. He said Khazaee was trying to get a job as a professor and was trying to impress a university in Iran.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former defense contractor accused of sending sensitive information about U.S. military jet programs to his native Iran in an effort to land a job there pleaded guilty on Wednesday.
Mozaffar Khazaee entered his plea to violating the Arms Export Control Act in federal court and faces up to 20 years in prison. Sentencing for Khazaee, who's 60, is set for May.
Federal prosecutors said Khazaee, who used to live in Manchester, stole information about engines used in the F35 Joint Strike Fighter and F-22 Raptor programs from three employers, including East Hartford-based Pratt & Whitney. He tried to use that information to get a job with multiple state-controlled universities in Iran from 2009 to 2013, authorities said.
Khazaee sent emails with information about the Joint Strike Fighter program to a person in Iran in November and December 2009, prosecutors said. In the emails, Khazaee described the knowledge and skills he obtained while working for the U.S. defense contractors, they said.
Court documents show that in one email Khazaee wrote to the person in Iran that "some of these are very controlled ... and I am taking (a) big risk. Again please after downloading these two Power Point files delete everything immediately."
In November 2013, customs agents in Long Beach, California, seized a shipment prepared by Khazaee that was headed to Iran. Prosecutors said the shipment included numerous boxes and digital media containing thousands of documents consisting of sensitive technical manuals, specification sheets, technical drawings and other proprietary material relating to military jet engines.
Khazaee was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey in January 2014 before boarding a flight on a trip to Iran. Authorities said they found similar sensitive information on jet engines in his luggage.
"The illegal export of our military technology compromises U.S. national security and reduces the advantages our armed forces currently possess," U.S. Attorney Deirdre Daly said in a statement. "We will aggressively investigate and hold accountable those who attempt to steal trade secrets and sensitive military technology from U.S. industries, whether for their own personal gain or for the benefit of foreign actors."
Khazaee's lawyer, Hubert Santos, has said the government wrongly inferred that Khazaee was trying to help the Iranian government and falsely accused him because he's an Iranian citizen. He said Khazaee was trying to get a job as a professor and was trying to impress a university in Iran.
ShahryarHedayat
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Iran's new 675 KHz digital side scan sonar
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Iran's new aircraft fuel tank
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IRGC Navy Starts Massive Wargames in Iran's Southern Waters
