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Aircraft drone: the new rules on UAV open the doors of the Middle-East to American companies

Abu Dhabi, UAE - After the Indian market, the Arab countries are among the most interested in new technologies for the military use

The new guidelines for the export of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) announced by the US last week, have benefited (a lot) the manufacturers of drones for military use. For many years, these companies tryed to influence the government to loosen the bans to the foreign trade in order to become more competitive against the growing power of China and Israel in in this area (for more details, see also...

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Rome, Italy, 02/24/2015 21:37
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