Date: February 22, 2013
Roketsan,Turkish leader Missile and Ammunitions manufacturer and Tawazun, UAE base investment company, have announced a contract to signed est. 196 million USD in order to meet the requirements of UAE armed forces in IDEX 2013,Abu Dhabi. The contract comes on the heels of an arrangement, whereby the GHQ of the UAE armed forces had mandated Tawazun to supply the systems in order to meet the requirements for such systems and to contribute to the country’s vision for technology transfer and industrial cooperation.
Tawazun and Roketsan have defined a plan for development and co-production of the systems in the UAE. They will also work together to complete its full integration into the UAE armed forces' missile systems. All systems are integrated to all UAE Air, Land, Navy and Special Forces’ platforms in order to pruvide border security and protection of oil-well. In the statement of defence officials first missiles are expected to deliver to UAE Armed Forces in the middle of 2013.