http://www.meed.com/rss/rss_meed_defence.xml en-uk Qatar has agreed to buy two Boeing airlift planes for the country’s armed forces in a deal worth up to $400m. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/qatar_buys_boeing_in_400m_defence_deal.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/qatar_buys_boeing_in_400m_defence_deal.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Hugh Tomlinson 22 July 2008 15:12 http://www.meed.com:80/images/boeing_resized_70_tcm24-1739378.jpg A joint venture led by Agility Defense & Government Services (DGS) has won four fuel-management contracts with the US Air Force worth $8.6m over five years. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/agility_joint_venture_wins_us_air_force_contract.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/agility_joint_venture_wins_us_air_force_contract.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Hugh Tomlinson 09 July 2008 15:53 Joint venture of Al-Rashid and Eads wins contract to build 900km fence along Iraqi border. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/06/riyadh_awards_900m_border_fence_deal.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/06/riyadh_awards_900m_border_fence_deal.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Christopher Sell 20 June 2008 18:58 A subsidiary of Kuwait’s Agility Logistics has won a contract worth up to $174m to feed EU troops stationed in the central African nation of Chad. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/06/agility_wins_logistics_contract_for_eu_forces.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/06/agility_wins_logistics_contract_for_eu_forces.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Hugh Tomlinson 16 June 2008 17:17 Development of a training centre. Closing date: 11 August 2008 http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/06/saudi_arabia_tender_training_centre.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/06/saudi_arabia_tender_training_centre.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Jane Bishop 13 June 2008 13:25 Supply of two body scanners for detecting narcotics. Closing date: 22 June 2008 http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/06/iran_tender_body_scanners.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/06/iran_tender_body_scanners.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Jane Bishop 13 June 2008 13:11 Agility Defense & Government Services has had a $200m contract with the US army extended for a third successive year. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/06/agility_wins_200m_heavy_lifting_contract_with_us_army.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/06/agility_wins_200m_heavy_lifting_contract_with_us_army.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Hugh Tomlinson 12 June 2008 16:00 Royal Jordanian will seek to substantially increase its advance purchasing of fuel in the coming months, to stave of the effects of rising fuel costs. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/06/royal_jordanian_looks_to_increase_fuel_hedge_to_stave_off_rising_costs.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/06/royal_jordanian_looks_to_increase_fuel_hedge_to_stave_off_rising_costs.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Hugh Tomlinson 05 June 2008 15:58 Agility Logistics has won a contract worth about $2.8bn to provide food and other logistical support to US troops in Iraq and Kuwait. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/05/agility_logistics_wins_28bn_deal_to_supply_us_army.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/05/agility_logistics_wins_28bn_deal_to_supply_us_army.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Hugh Tomlinson 28 May 2008 17:04 Tony Blair, Middle East peace envoy for the Quartet has unveiled a new security and economic deal between the Israelis and Palestinians, designed to improve business prospects in the West Bank. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/05/blair_announces_new_israelipalestinian_security_deal.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/05/blair_announces_new_israelipalestinian_security_deal.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Hugh Tomlinson 13 May 2008 16:03 Construction, completion and maintenance of a camp site complex building. Closing date: 29 June 2008 http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/05/kuwait_tender_camp_site_complex_building.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/05/kuwait_tender_camp_site_complex_building.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Jane Bishop 13 May 2008 14:00 Riyadh is expected to award the long-awaited contract to build the northern border security fence within weeks. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/04/riyadh_to_award_security_fence_contract_within_weeks.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/04/riyadh_to_award_security_fence_contract_within_weeks.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Christopher Sell 25 April 2008 17:29 Construction of an arms and ammunitions warehouse. Closing date: 17 May 2008 http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/04/saudi_arabia_tender_arms_warehouse_construction.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/04/saudi_arabia_tender_arms_warehouse_construction.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Jane Bishop 15 April 2008 14:31 The UK’s High Court has ruled that the country’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) acted unlawfully when it abandoned its investigation into an arms deal between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/04/uk_court_condemns_abandonment_of_saudi_bribery_probe.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/04/uk_court_condemns_abandonment_of_saudi_bribery_probe.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Hugh Tomlinson 10 April 2008 14:09 Saudi Arabia has donated $500,000 to Lebanon to assist in the clearance of landmines from the country’s southern border regions. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/04/saudi_arabia_spends_05bn_on_mineclearing_in_lebanon.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/04/saudi_arabia_spends_05bn_on_mineclearing_in_lebanon.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Hugh Tomlinson 09 April 2008 17:19 Carrying out renovation and improvement works to border checkpoints. Closing date: 27 May 2008 http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/04/saudi_arabia_tender_border_checkpoint_renovation_works.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/04/saudi_arabia_tender_border_checkpoint_renovation_works.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Jane Bishop 03 April 2008 15:28 Supply of military equipment. Closing date: 12 May 2008 http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/03/kuwait_tender_military_equipment.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/03/kuwait_tender_military_equipment.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Jane Bishop 26 March 2008 10:52 Iraq has launched the first stages of its security operation against Shia insurgents operating at the deepsea port of Umm Qasr. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/03/baghdad_launches_security_operation_at_umm_qasr_port.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/03/baghdad_launches_security_operation_at_umm_qasr_port.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Hugh Tomlinson 18 March 2008 16:06 Installation of marine machinery. Closing date: 16 April 2008 http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/03/kuwait_tender_marine_machinery.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/03/kuwait_tender_marine_machinery.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Jane Bishop 04 March 2008 14:04 One of the contracts for the Northern Border Security fence contract is expected to be awarded in the next three weeks. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/03/northern_border_security_fence_package_awarded_in_three_weeks.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/03/northern_border_security_fence_package_awarded_in_three_weeks.html;jsessionid=DFE4709114A36D856E24E952FD8A4EEC Christopher Sell 03 March 2008 14:44