IDEX

Full coverage by Defense News of IDEX.


  • Ultralight Vehicle Makers Seek Mideast Buyers
    Ultralight Vehicle Makers Seek Mideast Buyers

    Ultralight off-road vehicle manufacturers are not going light on competition for Middle East business at the massive IDEX defense show here this week.

  • Ruag Uncoils Cobra Mortar System
    Ruag Uncoils Cobra Mortar System

    Ruag unveiled Cobra at the IDEX show on Monday. No, it’s not a snake that spits poison onto its victim. It’s actually a new mortar system made by the Swiss company.

  • UAE Announces Satellite, Vehicle Deals
    UAE Announces Satellite, Vehicle Deals

    The United Arab Emirates Armed Forces on Monday announced 19 arms purchases worth $2.58 billion at the IDEX show in Abu Dhabi.

  • CAE Partners With Northstar for Helo Training
    CAE Partners With Northstar for Helo Training

    Canadian training giant CAE has joined forces with helicopter modifier Northstar Aviation to jointly develop training solutions for the Abu Dhabi-based company’s potent little NSA 407 multirole machine.

  • DSCA Reorganizing to be More Nimble
    DSCA Reorganizing to be More Nimble

    To compete with rival arms-producing nations, the Pentagon agency charged with shepherding US arms sales to foreign nations is overhauling its bureaucracy after years of scrambling to keep pace with demand, its chief said on Monday.

  • UK Seeks To Expand Training in Mideast
    UK Seeks To Expand Training in Mideast

    Britain is hoping to expand its training and exercise effort with countries in the Arabian Gulf, but is not looking to strike any further basing agreements on the lines of the naval accord with Bahrain late last year, according to the UK’s defense procurement minister.

  • Kalashnikov Targeting Middle East Market
    Kalashnikov Targeting Middle East Market

    The Kalashnikov Group is aggressively targeting the Middle East based on its new business acquisitions announced Sunday on the opening day of the IDEX show.

  • Saudis Detail Eastern Fleet for US
    Saudis Detail Eastern Fleet for US

    The long-sought-after deal to upgrade and replace Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Fleet has taken a major step forward, sources said, with the January delivery of a letter of request (LoR) to the US detailing Saudi wishes.

  • Typhoon Set For £165M Upgrade, New Missile
    Typhoon Set For £165M Upgrade, New Missile

    The Typhoon combat jet will receive a £165 million makeover with a new package of enhancements that will include integration of the Brimstone 2 missile, representatives of the four-nation program announced on the opening day of the IDEX defense show on Sunday.

  • Kendall: ISIS Threat Fuels Interest in ISR
    Kendall: ISIS Threat Fuels Interest in ISR

    For years, the threat of Iran dominated talks between the US and its allies in the Middle East, but bilateral talks at the region’s largest arms show are expected to be dominated by the Islamic State threat and extremist groups, a senior US defense official said Sunday.

  • Ultralight Vehicle Makers Seek Mideast Buyers
    Ultralight Vehicle Makers Seek Mideast Buyers

    Ultralight off-road vehicle manufacturers are not going light on competition for Middle East business at the massive IDEX defense show here this week.

  • Ruag Uncoils Cobra Mortar System
    Ruag Uncoils Cobra Mortar System

    Ruag unveiled Cobra at the IDEX show on Monday. No, it’s not a snake that spits poison onto its victim. It’s actually a new mortar system made by the Swiss company.

  • UAE Announces Satellite, Vehicle Deals
    UAE Announces Satellite, Vehicle Deals

    The United Arab Emirates Armed Forces on Monday announced 19 arms purchases worth $2.58 billion at the IDEX show in Abu Dhabi.

  • CAE Partners With Northstar for Helo Training
    CAE Partners With Northstar for Helo Training

    Canadian training giant CAE has joined forces with helicopter modifier Northstar Aviation to jointly develop training solutions for the Abu Dhabi-based company’s potent little NSA 407 multirole machine.

  • DSCA Reorganizing to be More Nimble
    DSCA Reorganizing to be More Nimble

    To compete with rival arms-producing nations, the Pentagon agency charged with shepherding US arms sales to foreign nations is overhauling its bureaucracy after years of scrambling to keep pace with demand, its chief said on Monday.

  • UK Seeks To Expand Training in Mideast
    UK Seeks To Expand Training in Mideast

    Britain is hoping to expand its training and exercise effort with countries in the Arabian Gulf, but is not looking to strike any further basing agreements on the lines of the naval accord with Bahrain late last year, according to the UK’s defense procurement minister.

  • Kalashnikov Targeting Middle East Market
    Kalashnikov Targeting Middle East Market

    The Kalashnikov Group is aggressively targeting the Middle East based on its new business acquisitions announced Sunday on the opening day of the IDEX show.

  • Saudis Detail Eastern Fleet for US
    Saudis Detail Eastern Fleet for US

    The long-sought-after deal to upgrade and replace Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Fleet has taken a major step forward, sources said, with the January delivery of a letter of request (LoR) to the US detailing Saudi wishes.

  • Typhoon Set For £165M Upgrade, New Missile
    Typhoon Set For £165M Upgrade, New Missile

    The Typhoon combat jet will receive a £165 million makeover with a new package of enhancements that will include integration of the Brimstone 2 missile, representatives of the four-nation program announced on the opening day of the IDEX defense show on Sunday.

  • Kendall: ISIS Threat Fuels Interest in ISR
    Kendall: ISIS Threat Fuels Interest in ISR

    For years, the threat of Iran dominated talks between the US and its allies in the Middle East, but bilateral talks at the region’s largest arms show are expected to be dominated by the Islamic State threat and extremist groups, a senior US defense official said Sunday.

  • Ultralight Vehicle Makers Seek Mideast Buyers
    Ultralight Vehicle Makers Seek Mideast Buyers

    Ultralight off-road vehicle manufacturers are not going light on competition for Middle East business at the massive IDEX defense show here this week.

  • Ruag Uncoils Cobra Mortar System
    Ruag Uncoils Cobra Mortar System

    Ruag unveiled Cobra at the IDEX show on Monday. No, it’s not a snake that spits poison onto its victim. It’s actually a new mortar system made by the Swiss company.

  • UAE Announces Satellite, Vehicle Deals
    UAE Announces Satellite, Vehicle Deals

    The United Arab Emirates Armed Forces on Monday announced 19 arms purchases worth $2.58 billion at the IDEX show in Abu Dhabi.

  • CAE Partners With Northstar for Helo Training
    CAE Partners With Northstar for Helo Training

    Canadian training giant CAE has joined forces with helicopter modifier Northstar Aviation to jointly develop training solutions for the Abu Dhabi-based company’s potent little NSA 407 multirole machine.

  • DSCA Reorganizing to be More Nimble
    DSCA Reorganizing to be More Nimble

    To compete with rival arms-producing nations, the Pentagon agency charged with shepherding US arms sales to foreign nations is overhauling its bureaucracy after years of scrambling to keep pace with demand, its chief said on Monday.

  • UK Seeks To Expand Training in Mideast
    UK Seeks To Expand Training in Mideast

    Britain is hoping to expand its training and exercise effort with countries in the Arabian Gulf, but is not looking to strike any further basing agreements on the lines of the naval accord with Bahrain late last year, according to the UK’s defense procurement minister.

  • Kalashnikov Targeting Middle East Market
    Kalashnikov Targeting Middle East Market

    The Kalashnikov Group is aggressively targeting the Middle East based on its new business acquisitions announced Sunday on the opening day of the IDEX show.

  • Saudis Detail Eastern Fleet for US
    Saudis Detail Eastern Fleet for US

    The long-sought-after deal to upgrade and replace Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Fleet has taken a major step forward, sources said, with the January delivery of a letter of request (LoR) to the US detailing Saudi wishes.

  • Typhoon Set For £165M Upgrade, New Missile
    Typhoon Set For £165M Upgrade, New Missile

    The Typhoon combat jet will receive a £165 million makeover with a new package of enhancements that will include integration of the Brimstone 2 missile, representatives of the four-nation program announced on the opening day of the IDEX defense show on Sunday.

  • Kendall: ISIS Threat Fuels Interest in ISR
    Kendall: ISIS Threat Fuels Interest in ISR

    For years, the threat of Iran dominated talks between the US and its allies in the Middle East, but bilateral talks at the region’s largest arms show are expected to be dominated by the Islamic State threat and extremist groups, a senior US defense official said Sunday.