UAE announces $2 billion in defence contracts, confirms Saab GlobalEye deal

  • 2/22/2021
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ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates armed forces on Monday announced at the Abu Dhabi defence exhibition it had signed defence contracts worth 7.293 billion dirhams ($2 billion) with local and international firms, state news agency WAM reported. The deals included a 3.74 billion dirhams contract with Saab for GlobalEye surveillance systems that was disclosed by the manufacturer in January. It also included a 2.61 billion dirhams agreement for Patriot missiles from Raytheon. A day earlier, the armed forces announced 5 billion dirhams in local and international deals on the first day of the week-long exhibition.

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