Saudi Arabia received the Second Avante 2200 Class Corvette
RSNF received "Al Diriyah", the second of five Avante 2200 class corvettes ordered from the Saudi Kingdom as part of the Alsarawat project.
Saudi Arabia News
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Erdoğan Met Saudi Leaders Since the Khashoggi Murder
Erdoğan met with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Al-Saud in Jeddah since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
Expo and Air Show
China and Saudi Arabia Collaborate to Build Military Drones
According to Xinhua News Agency from World Defense Show,, companies from China and Saudi Arabia cooperate on UAV payloads.
Weapon / Missile
Modernisation
Upgrade for Saudi’s THAADs
USA approved an FMS to Saudi Arabia of Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT).
Regional / Strategy
China replaces the U.S. in the Middle East
The U.S. intelligence and satellite images show that Saudi Arabia is now developing its ballistic missiles with the assistance of China.
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Saudi Arabia – Qatar Relations Back to Normalisation
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited Doha for the first time since four years-long blockades of Qatar.
Weapon / Missile
Bilateral Relations
US Congress Allowed Saudi Arabia Weapons Sale to Proceed
Saudi Arabia received permission to reach the missiles as the Senate lifted the blockade. A bipartisan block holds the sale of the $650m sales of missiles.
Weapon / Missile
Saudi Arabia to Acquire 280 AMRAAM
The State Department approved a possible FMS to Saudi Arabia of 280 AIM-120C AMRAAM with an estimated cost of $650 million.
Weapon / Missile
Regional / Strategy
Saudi Arabia May Acquire Israeli Air Defence Systems
According to “Breaking Defence “, Saudi Arabia has reached out Israel to procure Israeli-made missile defence systems.
Bilateral Relations
Greece sent its Patriot System to Protect Saudi Arabia
HAL sent its Patriot system to Saudi Arabia on September 14th. Greek Defence Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos attended the ceremony at the Tanagra Air Base.
Navy / Maritime
Navantia’s Avante Corvette of the Saudi Navy at Sea Trials
The first of five Avante 2200 corvettes being built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces has begun sea trials, according to Spanish shipbuilder Navantia (RSNF).
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Expo and Air Show
The US Leaves the Middle East while Russia fills the Vacuum
At the International Military-Technical Forum (ARMY 2021), the deputy defence ministers of Russia and Saudi Arabia signed a new agreement on military
Navy / Maritime
Navantia Launches 4th Saudi corvette, Jazan 834
Spanish shipyard Navantia has launched the fourth of the five Avante 2200 corvettes built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), named “Jazan”.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Turkey to re-establish Ties with Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Kalın said talks between Egypt and Turkey to start next week, adding that both countries’ Intelligence chiefs and foreign ministers have been in contact.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 09:00 Military space architectures shift toward distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring distributed satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Collaborative combat aircraft become central to future airpower - Air forces are increasingly viewing collaborative combat aircraft as a core element of future airpow...
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