Defense Developments Dominate at Dubai
A summary with links to AIN’s comprehensive coverage of defense news from the Dubai Air Show
The recently concluded Dubai Air Show offered plenty in the way of defense news.
The recently concluded Dubai Air Show offered plenty in the way of defense news.

There was plenty of defense news at the Dubai Air Show this week, and one major surprise: Saab’s radical redevelopment of the EriEye airborne surveillance system for the UAE Air Force, including a new platform, the Global 6000. There was also one major disappointment: the Dubai International Air Chiefs’ Conference (DIAC) failed to provide any meaningful insight into the current air campaigns over Iraq/Syria and Yemen. Instead, senior airmen discussed coalition warfare and counter-insurgency in general terms. However, we had some detail to offer on a new American development that should improve close air support.