The UAE Minister of State for Defence will address the summit
HE Mohammed Ahmed Al Bowardi, UAE’s Minister of State for Defence will focus on regional defence industry challenges and opportunities during his keynote speech at the Global Aerospace Summit 2020 (GAS 2020).
The event, taking place in Abu Dhabi on 17-19 March, is one of the world’s leading thought leadership forums for the aviation, aerospace, space and defence industries.
The Minister will speak on the impact of collaboration and strategic partnership in ensuring peace and prosperity both regionally and globally. This year’s Summit will include an increasing focus on the defence sector with EDGE, the newly established advanced technology group for defence, recently announcing its role as joint partner for the event.
“We are witnessing rapid changes across the world and specifically in our region which require us to cooperate more closely to ensure safety and security,” said HE Al Bowardi.
The UAE’s Ministry of Defence has continued to emphasize the importance of international collaboration having hosted a series of discussions with a number of countries including Kuwait, Pakistan, Australia, Comoros, France and others. The sessions have focused on potential cooperation in the defence sector.
The UAE has developed significant defence capabilities over the past twenty years, establishing a number of technology and MRO centres. AMMROC, based in Al Ain in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, is a repair facility for military aircraft, jointly owned with Lockheed Martin and the only C-130 service center in the Middle East and North Africa.
Held under the theme of ‘insights and integration’, the Global Aerospace Summit 2020 will offer a platform for the UAE to highlight its strategy of working with international partners to enhance and develop local capabilities.
