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US defence firms eye $10.8bn UAE, Saudi sales Defence firms in the US are looking to sell military hardware worth $10.8bn to the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The Defence Security Cooperation Agency said it has notified Congress of the possible foreign military sales to the Gulf countries, with Boeing and Raytheon named as suppliers. The proposal includes the first US sales to Middle East allies of new Raytheon and Boeing weapons that can be launched at a distance from Saudi F-15 and UAE F-16 fighters. The Boeing Expanded-Response Standoff Land Attack Missile and Raytheon Joint Standoff Weapon give those nations...

Saudi Storm Shadow Sale Confirmed By Jeffrey | 3 April 2012 | Thanks to Wikileaks (not work safe!), we now know that the UK did, in fact, sell the Storm Shadow cruise missile — an MTCR category I system if I’ve ever seen one — to Saudi Arabia. LtG Abdulrahman Al-Faisal, Commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force, confirmed the sale to US Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro in October 2009. Regular readers know that I have long believed that the UK sold the Storm Shadow cruise missile to Saudi Arabia, despite the fact that Storm Shadow ought...

Emirates throw wrench in Dassault works Published: Feb. 16, 2010 at 1:51 PM ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- France's Dassault Aviation, desperate to find the first foreign customer for its multi-role Rafale fighter, is concentrating on a potential sale of 60 of the jets to the United Arab Emirates. But Abu Dhabi has thrown a wrench in the works by demanding that the Rafales be armed with Boeing's SLAM ER/2 missile instead of the European-made MBDA AM-39 they are fitted to carry. The SLAM -- stand-off land-attack missile -- is a spin-off from the radar-guided air-launched...

US Navy's SLAM ER turns corner on mobile targets By Stephen Trimble Boeing's AGM-84H SLAM-ER missile has demonstrated a new ability to strike mobile, land-based targets, such as missile launchers, using targeting data supplied by a third party. The missile on 12 January acquired and scored a direct hit against a target moving at about 10kt (19km/h) amid a "cluttered desert environment". Boeing released few details about the test conditions, but US Navy officials previously described plans to engage a moving ground target as it turned along a 90° bend in the road. The target was first acquired by an...

Boeing to Highlight 787 Dreamliner, 777-200LR Worldliner and KC-767A Tanker Transport Aircraft at Paris Air Show 2005 CHICAGO, June 3, 2005 – The world’s longest-range passenger jet, the most advanced and capable tanker aircraft, and the aviation industry’s best-selling new airplane will be among the products featured by The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] at this year’s Paris Air Show, beginning June 13 at Le Bourget airfield outside Paris. “Boeing is entering the air show with tremendous momentum,” said Tod Hullin, Boeing senior vice president, Communications. “This is a company that’s on the move. Our financial performance has been strong, and...

ST. LOUIS, May 19 , 2005 – A Boeing [NYSE:BA] Stand-Off Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) weapon, was recently launched from its maximum range, flying farther than a SLAM-ER has ever flown, scoring a direct hit. In another long-range test, a SLAM-ER was launched for the first time from an operational U.S. Navy S-3B Viking, again scoring a direct hit. Both tests were at the Navy's Sea Test Range on San Nicolas Island, Calif. “The test was designed to demonstrate SLAM-ER's maximum range to meet its required operational criteria and it met or exceeded them all,” said Steve Sherrick, Boeing...

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