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Thursday, 26 February 2015 Official Show Daily Strategic partner: Published by: Organised by: In association with: UAE Armed Forces Pride of the UAE 108,000m2. The expansion included the Marina Quay area that allows naval vessels of various sizes to dock, and is connected to ADNEC via a pedestrian walkway. This replaced the use of the Zayed Port. In 2009, IDEX began allocating dedicated display spaces for first- time exhibitors, helping smaller and newer companies to showcase their products and build partnerships. 4 NAVDEX (the region’s largest maritime defence exhibition) was inaugurated in 2011 at the 10th Since the inaugural exhibition in edition of IDEX. In 2013, exhibitor 1993, IDEX has steadily grown in size numbers exceeded 1,110, and visitor and prestige. Exhibition space has numbers reached 80,000, while deals been increased, the exhibition halls worth AED14.1 billion were recorded. have grown, and conference facilities For its 12th edition, IDEX 2015, have been added. For the first IDEX, ADNEC has provided more than Patriot is building there were just 350 exhibitors from 133,000m2 of exhibition space for defences in the Gulf 24 nations, in an area of 12,000m2. 1,200 exhibitors, and has launched region page 6 From the first exhibition, role dem- the Unmanned Systems Exhibi- onstrations were an important tion (UMEX). Some 55 nations are element of IDEX – even including a represented, with six countries live firepower demonstration. participating for the first time – In 2005, in response to the grow- Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Japan, Latvia, ing popularity of IDEX, development New Zealand and Slovenia. ■ of today’s Abu Dhabi National Exhi- bition Centre (ADNEC) began. It was officially opened by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and has hosted IDEX since 2007. By the ninth show, in 2009, the Combat-proven number of exhibitors and guests special forces vehicle at IDEX had doubled and the event space had reached more than on display page 8 SAKT and UAE company OTO Melara shows off its Taurus missile is team up for jetski-sized flying on Eagle Hitrole 20 USV and Hornet page 20 page 5 page 17 ENG Day 4 p1.indd 1 25/02/2015 18:01 COMPREHENSIVE DEFENCE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS Denel’s diverse range of defence and aerospace products provides you with comprehensive solutions for all your defence and security requirements, whether air, sea or landwards defence. As a strategic national asset, Denel has invested in growing and developing talent and expertise to keep the company at the forefront of the industry both locally and globally. Denel SOC Limited | Tel +27 12 671 2758 | Fax +27 12 671 2751 Email: [email protected] | Web: www.denel.co.za Untitled-10 1 17/02/2015 14:00 official online show daily janes.com/idex 3 IDEX orders boosted IN BRIEF ADSB, Thales sign MoU for regional MRO ORDERS ANNOUNCED AT IDEX TOTAL AED15.996 billion Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) has signed a memorandum of COMPANY/COUNTRY CONTRACT VALUE (AED) understanding with Thales to Day 1 – Monday, 23 February provide integrated engineer- Airbus Defence/Thales Alenia, Europe Satellites and ground control stations 3.745 billion ing support services for military Al Taif Technical Services, UAE Maintenance services for equipment and vehicles 2.4 billion vessels. Under the agreement, Nimr Automotive, UAE 500 vehicles and development of further 500 1.2 billion the two companies will develop, Abu Dhabi Ship Building, UAE Vessels (2) 870 million implement and deliver life-cycle ADASI, UAE Unmanned aircraft system 490 million management solutions for the AMMROC, UAE Aircraft spare parts, maintenance and repair services 200 million UAE and other regional navies. Elettronica, Italy Technical support, maintenance and development 96 million of mobile electronic defence equipment Hanwha prime contractor Al Jaber Land Systems, UAE Spare parts, maintenance and repair of field trailers 83 million for Chunmoo Abu Dhabi Airport Company, UAE Technical support for aircraft 70 million Prime contractor and system Milipol International, UAE Ammunition 68 million integrator for the Chunmoo International Golden Group, UAE Cannons 52 million 239mm (12-round) multiple Palms Sports, UAE Martial arts training 47.5 million rocket launcher system is Hanwha PFP Systems, Australia Training simulators 35 million (Stand 12-B12), not Doosan DST as Naval Advanced Solutions, UAE Science Center of Meteorology and Oceanology 35 million stated in issue 2 of the IDEX Show Al Masood, UAE Equipment maintenance and repair 30 million Daily. Hanwha has confirmed that Rosenbauer International, Austria Fire-fighting equipment 24 million the 239mm rocket has a high- KBP Instrument Design Bureau, Russia Technical support for anti-armour weapons 22 million explosive warhead fitted with Cubic Simulation Systems, USA Training simulators 21 million a fuze that can be set for point Al Fattan Ship Industry, UAE Boats (8) 18.5 million detonation or impact. Day 2 – Tuesday, 24 February GD Canada, Bin Hilal, form JV Tawazun Dynamics, UAE Precision-guided ammunition 1.53 billion General Dynamics Canada and EARTH, UAE Development, technical support and maintenance 864 million UAE-based Bin Hilal Enterprises Caracal International, UAE CAR816 rifles (80,000) 763 million have formed a joint venture 4 AgustaWestland, UK/Italy AW139 helicopters (6 for SAR, 3 for VIP transport) 732 million focused on building C ISR capabil- Rheinmetall Air Defence, Germany Technical support and repair services for Skyguard 34 million ity and related technologies. The Thales Communications & Security, France Technical maintenance, repair and support 21 million new company, General Dynamics Raytheon Systems, UK Radar 11 million Mission Systems International Middle East LLC, will leverage the Day 3 – Wednesday, 25 February capability of General Dynamics AMMROC, UAE MRO services for Joint Aviation Command 2.3 billion Canada and General Dynamics ATK, USA Finalising deal for hostile fire indication systems for aircraft 192 million UK, and the local presence of Bin ADASI, UAE Spare parts for unmanned vehicles 24 million Hilal Enterprises, to support future Thales Advanced Solutions, UAE Spare parts for signalling devices and maintenance 18 million opportunities in the region. Visit us at IDEX Hall 10 Stand C05 ENG DAY 4 p3.indd 3 25/02/2015 17:54 Untitled-3 1 12/02/2015 11:45 official online show daily janes.com/idex 5 Teaming up for Hitrole RICHARD SCOTT M197 20mm three-barrelled Gatling gun, and 750 rounds of 20x102mm UAE company Siham Al Khaleej ammunition on-mount, the electri- Technology (SAKT) and Finmec- cally operated Hitrole 20 is claimed canica’s OTO Melara armaments to have an effective range of 2km. business have joined forces to The fully stabilised, non-deck- develop, market and manufacture penetrating mounting, weighing a new 20mm Gatling variant of OTO 600kg, also incorporates a ballistic Melara’s Hitrole stabilised remote computer and an electro-optical weapon station. Known as Hitrole sensor suite comprising a daylight 20, the new system is being dis- TV camera, a mid-waveband ther- played by SAKT (Stand OA-007) at mal imager and an eye-safe laser NAVDEX. rangefinder. Hitrole 20 has been brought Under the terms of a memoran- to market as a private venture to dum of understanding signed last address requirements for a compact, year, OTO Melara and SAKT are shar- lightweight, low-radar cross-section ing development and qualification Hitrole 20 is on display on SAKT’s stand at NAVDEX weapon station offering signifi- of Hitrole 20; engineering design cantly increased range and lethality and development was started by pursuits divided under a market- operation agreement under which over the 12.7mm machine gun fitted OTO Melara in Italy, while qualifica- sharing agreement. SAKT has established an engineer- to the current Hitrole N mounting. tion activities (on both land-based The co-development of Hitrole ing workshop at its Al Taweelah OTO Melara and SAKT see potential proving grounds and at sea) will be 20 further cements the relationship facility to support OTO Melara gun for Hitrole 20 in constabulary and conducted in the UAE. It is planned between OTO Melara and SAKT. In systems in service with the UAE force protection applications. that production lines will be estab- February 2013, the two companies Navy, with the potential to service Featuring a General Dynamics lished in Italy and the UAE, with sales announced they had signed a co- the needs of other Gulf states. ■ Ghannatha vessels delivered Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) as fast gun boats, equipped with a for MBDA Marte Mk 2/N surface- has announced the completion of Rheinmetall MLG 27 27mm gun and to-surface guided missiles. The the Ghannatha Phase II programme a Hitrole-G 12.7mm mounting. They Marte Mk 2/N missile is able to after delivery of all 24 vessels to the also retain the capability to embark strike targets at ranges in excess of UAE Navy. Built to a design devel- up to 40 troops. 30km, flying a fire-and-forget sea- oped by partner Swede Ship Marine Swede Ship Marine, as ADSB’s skimming profile using mid-course (Stand C-015), the Ghannatha-class principal sub-contractor, took inertial guidance and active radar boats are high-speed, aluminium- responsibility for the design modifi- homing. The vessels are also fitted built multi-role combat vessels. cation package for the 12 ‘stretched’ with a mini-combat system sup- Powered by two MTU diesels driving new-build vessels, and built the first plied by Selex ES and a GEM radar for twin Rolls-Royce FF 600 waterjets, Ghannatha Phase II has been three in Sweden. surveillance and target indication. the design is capable of speeds up completed by ADSB The nine follow-on craft have Abu Dhabi Systems Integration to 45kts.