Defence & Security

Eurocopter develops Corporate and Parapublic missions in the Gulf region

Eurocopter is proposing its new generation products, equipped with the latest technology, which have proven to function perfectly in extreme conditions. They are indeed able to perform all their missions in the most severe weather and critical situations.

The recent order of the NH90 by the Royal Air Force of the Sultanate of Oman, can only serve to prove the strong technical capabilities of Eurocopter, as major Partner Company of NH Industries.

Security forum opens in Bahrain

More than 200 ministers, security officials and anti-terrorism experts from around 50 countries gathered in Manama for a four-day international forum on security issues. The participants from the United States, Britain, France and other Western countries as well as the Middle East discussed a global approach to Middle East security and to terrorism, the use of information technology by terrorist groups, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the situation in war-torn Iraq.

UAE to sign deal for trainer jets soon

The United Arab Emirates will soon announce its choice of trainer jets for its air force in a deal valued at around one billion US dollars, a senior commander said. The UAE has examined four types of trainer jets and picked two, "one for initial training, the other for advanced training," General Obeid al-Kotbi, who heads the armed forces' body in charge of procurement, said.

NoozzVIEW; Bahrain to keep electronic tabs on visitors

Key details of every visitor to Bahrain are to be recorded electronically. Dates of birth, passport numbers and hotel check-in records will be forwarded to a central database, which will be accessible to government agencies including embassies.

Details of the state-of-the-art scheme, the first of its kind in the Middle East, were given to delegates at a global security forum in the kingdom. Sheikh Ahmed al-Khalifa, the undersecretary for nationality, passports and residence at the interior ministry, said that the so-called e-borders project would improve protection against illegal immigration, terrorism and organised crime.

US Saudi arms package faces fight in Congress

Lawmakers are striking a note of alarm over reported US plans to sell sophisticated satellite guided bombs to Saudi Arabia, as part of a 20 billion dollar arms sale. A coalition of 188 members of the House of Representatives warned that if the technology fell into the "wrong hands" it could harm US forces in the Middle East and threaten Israel.