The UAE Ministry of Defence completed another day at the Dubai International Airshow with a multi-billion dirham deal.
Five deals were signed by the authority at a cost of AED 11 billion, adding on to Sunday’s AED 5 billion announcement.
The announcement was made in the presence of Major General Staff Pilot Ishaq Saleh Al Balushi, Executive Director of the Military Organizing Committee of the Dubai Airshow 2021 and Lt. Col. Pilot Sarah Hamad Al-Hajari, official spokesman for the Dubai International Airshow 2021.
The 10 contracts signed on Sunday and Monday have a total value of over AED16 billion.
Of the five contracts, one of them was signed with a local company that will now provide maintenance and technical support for the aircraft of the Command of Air Force and Air Defence for three years.
The local company, GLOBAL AEROSPACE LOGISTICS LLC, will provide maintenance and technical support for the aircraft of the Command of Air Force and Air Defence for three years at the value of around AED 11.24 billion.
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