Abu Dhabi

Solar Impulse 2 took off from Oman March 10 bound for India, on the second leg of its epic bid to become the first plane to fly around the world powered solely by the sun.
      
The aircraft took off from Muscat at 6.35 am (0235 GMT) for what is expected to be a 16-hour, 1,465 kilometre (910 mile) journey over the Arabian Sea to Ahmedabad in India.
      

The first official round the world flight of the solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 was launched as the plane took off from the Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Monday morning.

The first attempt to fly around the world in a plane using only solar power launched on March 9 in Abu Dhabi in a landmark journey aimed at promoting green energy that will test its pilots' endurance to the limits.
      

Aselsan, a leading Turkish defense systems producer, announced on March 3 it had signed an agreement with AME to produce radio communication in Jordan.

AME is a joint venture company between KADDB (The King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau) Investment Group and Aselsan Turkey in Jordan.

ABU DHABI - There is a strong orientation towards essential improvement in the already good defence cooperation between Serbia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and overall bilateral relations, Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, agreed during a meeting on Monday.

ABU DHABI - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic, as the head of the Defence Ministry's delegation during its visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), conferred with his colleagues and representatives of armed forces from the region and the rest of the world in Abu Dhabi on Monday, on the margins of the international defence exhibition and conference IDEX 2015.

Russian firearms maker Kalashnikov Concern aims to concentrate on its markets in the Middle East and Africa and diversify its product range to offset the impact of Western sanctions, its chief executive has said.

Defense minister in Abu Dhabi for arms show

ABU DHABI -- Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic attended on Sunday the opening of the 12th International Defense Exhibition and Conference IDEX 2015 in Abu Dhabi.

After visiting the stand of the Serbian company Yugoimport-SDPR the minister told Tanjug that the country's defense industry was "successfully presented."

ABU DHABI - Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic attended on Sunday the opening of 12th International Defense Exhibition and Conference, IDEX 2015, dedicated to military technologies and innovations in Abu Dhabi.

At the exhibition, we have successfully presented our defense industry, Gasic told Tanjug after visiting the stand of the Serbian company Yugoimport-SDPR.

BELGRADE - The relations between Serbia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) are very good and the best proof for this is the fact that companies from the Emirates are investing in Serbia more and more, UAE Ambassador in Serbia Juma Rashed Saif Zayed Al Dhaheri stated.