Real estate companies see sentiment improve despite sluggish market where downward pressures remain on rents and prices ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Sunday it had signed military deals worth 3.87 billion UAE dirhams ($1.1 billion) with international companies. A spokesman for the IDEX defense conference said the UAE had also announced military deals worth 1.1 billion UAE dirhams with local companies. ($1 = 3.6726 UAE dirham)