The Ninth IDEX International Defense Exhibition and Conference is being held in Abu Dhabi on Feb. 22-26.
Turkey's Roketsan signed a $90 million rocket launcher system manufacturing deal with UAE company, Al Jaber.
Turkey's National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul also participated in the signature ceremony.
Part of the rocket launcher system will be produced in Turkey, and part of it will be manufactured in the UAE, where the system will also be integrated and assembled.
Roketsan executives said their company would also sign an agreement with Burkan firm in the first half of 2009 to jointly manufacture rockets.
Turkey's Yonca-Onuk partnership signed a deal worth $127.77 million with the Critical National Infrastructure Authority to sell 34 rapid intervention boats.
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is the region’s largest land, sea and air defense exhibition and conference IDEX giving government officials and military personnel an opportunity to source technology and equipment.
Combining the Gulf Defense Conference and an extensive exhibition featuring over 900 local and international companies, IDEX has become renowned for assembling the broadest range of suppliers, delegations, industry analysts and military strategists and has gained an enviable reputation as one of the world’s foremost venues for defense business.
Source : Hurriyet
The Ninth IDEX International Defense Exhibition and Conference is being held in 
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