Middle East & North Africa

Bentzion Levinson, founder and CEO of Heven Drones, is passionate about uncrewed air vehicles and the company’s mission to help solve ‘everyday problems’ with their use.

Boeing is currently promoting several platforms to the region, with the KC-46A Pegasus multi-role air-to-air refuelling aircraft among them.

Jeff Shockey, Raytheon Technologies’ senior vice president for global government relations, has been speaking at IDEX about his company’s ongoing commitment to the Middle East.

At the IDEX show in Abu Dhabi, TATV''s Mark Pilling talks to Philipp von Michaelis, the chief executive of Global Clearance Solutions (GCS).

UK manufacturer Cummins is at IDEX to unveil a new 540 horsepower engine geared up for defence applications.

Safran Nacelles and AFI KLM E&M have signed a license agreement for the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) of the Airbus A320neo’s LEAP-1A nacelles.

UK company Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has appointed of Chris Walton as managing director of Marshall Middle East.

Raytheon Emirates has plans to establish a local final assembly, integration and test line for the Coyote counter-UAS interceptor within the Tawazun Industrial Park.

Dubai International (DXB) has registered a year of strong recovery and growth in its customer base that propelled the annual passenger numbers to 66 million in 2022.

Space is playing an important role at IDEX this year with nearly 40 companies listed as having a ‘space’ component.

Headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania FL Technics is growing its aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services across the globe.

MD Helicopters’ senior director of sales, Steve Suttles, is enthusiastic about the company’s latest military product, the Cayuse Warrior Plus light scout, reconnaissance, and attack helicopter.

With royal approval for the record-breaking IDEX and NAVDEX event in Abu Dhabi, the opening day saw multi-billion deals confirmed.

Bell Textron has completed the AH-1Z programme of record (POR) for the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Edge’s new Halcon Systems Reach-S uncrewed aerial vehicle is on display equipped with four 30kg Desert Sting-16 munitions.

As IDEX opens its doors for its 30th anniversary show, it does so with an impressive set of numbers.

Paramount Aerospace Systems (PAS) has said its ‘ground-breaking’ N-Raven loitering munition will begin production in April this year.

As the aviation sector is expected to grow significantly over the coming decade, MRO demand in the Middle East is forecast over the next ten years to be second fastest growing region in the world, behind India.

Jazeera Airways has launched direct flights to a third destination in Uzbekistan - Samarkand.

Emirates will soon build an advanced training facility to accommodate six Full Flight Simulator Bays (FFS) for its future Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X aircraft.

The TAI Aksungur is a twin-engined medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) and uncrewed combat air vehicle (UCAV) developed from the Anka-S.

Organised by Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI), the KSA Pavilion at IDEX 2023 was inaugurated on the opening day of the show today.

Denel is exhibiting its range of defence and technology products at IDEX 2023.

Emirates will boost its services to and from Cairo to 28 weekly flights, effective 29 October, 2023.

Winning the prize for the most unexpected exhibit at IDEX this year is the Kamov Ka-62 helicopter.