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mic.gov.sa. Military Industries Corporation ( MIC or SAMIC; Arabic: المؤسسة العامة للصناعات الحربية) is a state-owned enterprise in Saudi Arabia founded in 1953. MIC became a subsidiary of Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) in 2017 following its founding. [5] Based in Riyadh, the MIC manufactures armaments and ...
General-purpose machine gun. 5.56×45mm NATO. [citation needed] M2 Browning. United States. Heavy machine gun. 12.7×99mm NATO. Standard heavy machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army. [citation needed] Sniper rifles and designated marksman rifles.
The company operates across aerospace, electronics, defense systems, sea, and land systems. [4] SAMI’s reported targets include the contribution of 14 billion riyals (US$3.7 billion) to the Saudi economy by 2030, 6 billion riyals (US$1.6 billion) investment in research and development and the creation of 40,000 jobs. [3]
US arms sale to Saudi Arabia, 2010. On October 20, 2010, the US State Department notified Congress of its intention to make the biggest arms sale in American history—an estimated $60.5 billion purchase by Saudi Arabia, trumping the former US-Saudi AWACS sale. The package represents a considerable improvement in the offensive capability of the ...
May 26, 2024 at 7:53 AM. (Reuters) - The United States is expected to lift a ban on the sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, potentially in the coming weeks, the Financial Times reported on ...
The Saudi Arabian Air Defense Forces or officially Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces ( RSADF) ( Arabic: قُوَّات الدِفَاع الجوّي المَلكِيَّ السُّعُودِي) is the aerial defense service branch of the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces. It is fourth of the five service branches of the MOD. [1] [3] It has its HQ in ...
The politics of Saudi Arabia takes place in the context of a unitary absolute monarchy, [1] along traditional Islamist lines, where the King is both the head of state and government. Decisions are, to a large extent, made on the basis of consultation among the King, the Council of Ministers, Islamic scholars (until the mid-2010s), tribal ...
Ministry Minister Founded Website Ministry of Commerce: Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi: 1954 mc.gov.sa /en: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology