The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) signed Wednesday a memorandum of understanding with Oracle in the field of digital transformation, with the aim of cooperating to develop and support a road map for digital acceleration using Oracle cloud services in GACA’s digital transformation initiative. The memorandum was signed on the sidelines of the Global Tech Conference (LEAP) in the capital city here. The memorandum was signed on behalf of GACA by the General Director of Technology and Digital Transformation Eng. Abdullah Bin Fahd Al-Shaya and on behalf of Oracle by Fahad AlTurief, managing director, Oracle Saudi Arabia and vice president, Cloud, Saudi Arabia and LEENA. The MoU includes cooperation in a number of different technical areas and activities in relation to the road map for digital transformation of the cloud environment. Furthermore, mutual coordination regarding cloud technical seminars, training and guidance, facilitating training and designating a focal point to implement a successful cooperation between the two parties. The memorandum comes within the objectives of the civil aviation sector strategy in enhancing the scope of cooperation in the field of digital transformation, which GACA is keen to activate with governmental and non-governmental bodies and institutions specializing in advanced technical fields. This in order to keep pace with the latest developments in technical fields, in line with Kingdom’s Vision 2030. — SG