Made in KSA

Towards thriving defense industries with promising opportunities

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There are no limits to our ambition, with the determination of our female engineers and their effective role in developing our national defense system.

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A light armored combat vehicle equipped with the latest communication and surveillance technologies, capable of carrying various defensive weapons.

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Under the guidance of the leadership, His Highness the Minister of Defense arrives in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on an official visit.

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Khalid bin Salman Al Saud, Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia, and his delegation visited the Özdemir Bayraktar National Technology Center.It was our pleasure to host them.
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Saudi Sami Company signs three memorandums of understanding in the presence of the Minister of Defense, to transfer and localize defense technologies with leading Turkish defense companies in the fields of aviation, space and technology.

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This has become clear, joint development, technology transfer, and intellectual property

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A few weeks before..
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Navantia finalizes the definitive agreement with Arabia to build three new corvettes in the Bay of Cádiz

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After two years of negotiation, Spain and Saudi Arabia are finalizing a new contract by which Navantia will build three new corvettes in the province of Cádiz. The shipyard run by the company in San Fernando is preparing to manufacture these three vessels, after the successful work carried out in recent years and which has served to strengthen the collaboration between both states.

This is therefore the second contract between Spain and the Government of Saudi Arabia in matters of Naval Defense. This agreement, once signed, will mean a significant workload for the island shipyard.
 
July 2024

Representatives of the Spanish-Saudi Maritime Center met in Madrid at a conference held by Navantia, S.A., S.M.E, with the aim of exploring opportunities for cooperation in maritime projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, taking advantage of the visit of Saudi Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih to the country.

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About the center

The Hispano-Saudí Maritime Hub (Maritime Hub Hispano-Saudí) is a business group of companies integrated into the Cadiz Maritime Group, focused on taking advantage of the business opportunities offered by the Saudi Arabia market in the maritime field. It is chaired by Francisco Corvas, CEO of GHENOVA.

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The Alfa 4000 and F-538 frigates will be top options

The two frigates were marketed to Asian and Latin countries as an economical multi-mission frigate and are adapted according to the capabilities required by the customer.

Another version of the Alfa 4000

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The F-538 frigate, which Navantia had previously offered to the Saudi Navy as part of the Eastern Fleet Modernization Program SNEP II.

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Saudi Minister of Defense Prince Khaled Bin Salman led a Saudi delegation during an official visit to China on 25/6/2024.

During the visit, Saudi officials discussed with their Chinese counterparts defense cooperation in several fields, including hypersonic missiles.

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An initial agreement is said to have been reached between Saudi Arabia and China concerning hypersonic missiles.
 
Why is Saudi Arabia strengthening its defense relations with Türkiye and China 🇸🇦🇹🇷🇨🇳? Arabnews

Summary of author Saneem’s article with the most important points:

⁃ Saudi Vision 2030 aims for an independent defense industry.

⁃The goal is to localize 50% of Saudi defense spending by 2030.

⁃Saudi Arabia is viewed as a major defense partner by both Türkiye and China.

⁃Indeed, Saudi-Chinese defense relations include military cooperation and technology transfer.

⁃Turkey and China have become strong partners in this initiative.

⁃Saudi-Turkish defense cooperation now includes purchases of drones and localization of production in the Kingdom as an industry partner.

⁃The Minister of Defense, His Highness Prince Khalid bin Salman, recently visited the two countries and met in Turkey with President Erdogan and Turkish defense companies.

⁃In China, he met with Zhang Yuxia, the second highest military official in China.

⁃The rapid defensive positioning in Türkiye was driven by the Western arms embargo.

⁃Saudi Arabia faced similar challenges with restrictions on American and German weapons.

⁃The relative success of Turkey’s defense sector served as a model for Saudi Arabia for cooperation

⁃Saudi Arabia is expanding in establishing various defense relations outside the West.

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Another important step Saudi Arabia took in this Direction was the Signing of an MOU with three turkish Defence Companies Aselsan, BaykarTech and Fergani with SAMI(Saudi Arabia Military Industries). SAMI will manufacture Akinci UCAV, ASELFLIR-500 & 600, MURAD AESA Radar in Saudi Arabia. The Cooperation with Fergani is aimed at joint Development of Space Systems.

MURAD AESA Radar is big news..

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Hanwha Systems announced an $867 million deal for radars for the Saudi Cheongung-II order​
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The deal signed with local defense company LIG-Nex1, the system's manufacturer, is part of a $3.2 billion order announced on February 10 for the Cheongung-II for export to the Middle Eastern country.


This represents the company's second foreign export of the radar system after concluding a deal with the United Arab Emirates in 2022.

Hanwha's (AESA) multi-function radar plays an essential role in intercepting enemy aircraft and ballistic missiles from the ground and in the air.

Cheongung-II is a domestically developed medium-range surface-to-air missile system, designed to intercept ballistic missiles at an altitude of 15 to 40 kilometers (9.3 to 24.9 miles).

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The company developed a specialized model for the Middle East of the "Cheongung-II" missile, taking into account the high temperature and sand dust in the desert, and by installing an Active Electronic Scanning Array (AESA) radar on the missile to improve detection and tracking performance.
 
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Navantia finalizes the definitive agreement with Arabia to build three new corvettes in the Bay of Cádiz

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After two years of negotiation, Spain and Saudi Arabia are finalizing a new contract by which Navantia will build three new corvettes in the province of Cádiz. The shipyard run by the company in San Fernando is preparing to manufacture these three vessels, after the successful work carried out in recent years and which has served to strengthen the collaboration between both states.

This is therefore the second contract between Spain and the Government of Saudi Arabia in matters of Naval Defense. This agreement, once signed, will mean a significant workload for the island shipyard.
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