ABU DHABI (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 18th February, 2019) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a contract to purchase the Patriot air defense system from the US arms manufacturer Raytheon, worth 1.3 billion Dirhams ($354 million), a representative of the UAE armed forces, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Al Hassani, said on Sunday.
The contract was signed during the International Defense Exhibition and Conference IDEX 2019, which kicked off in Abu Dhabi earlier in the day and will run through February 21.
"During the first day of the exhibition, the armed forces signed a contract for the delivery to the United Arab Emirates of Patriot missile defense system worth 1.3 billion dirhams," Hassani said on the sidelines of the exhibition.
According to the organizers, during the first day of the exhibition, the UAE armed forces signed a number of contracts with local and foreign companies worth more than 4 billion dirhams in total.
