08-May-24 - Nine United Arab Emirates (UAE) search and rescue (SAR) Leonardo AW139 helicopters are now equipped with the Smith Myers Artemis mobile phone detection, location and communication system. #UAE
22-Nov-22 - United Arab Emirates (UAE) National Search and Rescue Centre (NSRC) selected the Smith Myers Artemis mobile phone detection, location and communication system for its SAR helicopter fleet #SmithMyers
30-May-22 - UAE’s Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Marwan Al Maktoum become the first woman to pilot the AW609 tiltrotor when visited Leonardo’s Philadelphia facility #AW609
05-Sep-20 - Longbow LBL, the joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, obainted Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracts to provide AN/APG-78 Fire Control Radar (FCR) to Morocco, Netherlands and India AH-64E Apache helicopters and upgrade for United Arab Emirates (UAE) #Apache
24-Dec-19 - Boeing awarded a 5-year Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract valued $1.5B in support services of AH-64D/E Apaches for Indonesia, Israel, Kuwait, Netherlands, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates #Apache
23-Jan-19 - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) unveiled a locally enhanced Black Hawk fitted with sensors and weapons package very similar to those operated by Colombia. #BlackHawk
14-Nov-17 - Global Aerospace Logistics (GAL), part of Emirates Defence Industries Company (EDIC), and AAR global service provider signed MoU to develop enhanced support services for the UAE Armed Forces
15-Jun-16 - CAE awarded contract by United Arab Emirates (UAE) for simulators and training devices for the NorthStar Aviation 407 Multi-Role Helicopter (407MRH) and UH-60M Armed Black Hawk (ABH)
10-Nov-15 - United Arab Emirates Joint Aviation Command orders 3, plus 3 options, AW609 TiltRotors for search and rescue (SAR) missions to be delivered from 2019