The United Arab Emirates is still in talks with both BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation over the possible purchase of fighter jets, a spokesman for a major UAE defense organization said.
The Gulf Arab state has signed a 3.745 billion dirham ($1.02 billion) contract with Airbus and Thales for the purchase of two satellites for a land control station, Obadi al-Ketbi, chairman of the organizing committee for IDEX, told reporters on the sidelines of a defense conference in Abu Dhabi.
($1 = 3.6729 UAE dirham)
Reuters
24 February
