VOL. XXXVI

NO. 21

22-FEBRUARY-1993

UAE

UAE Signs Arms Deals Worth $3.8bn with French and US Companies

France's state-owned GIAT Industries has won a deal worth some $3.5bn tosupply the UAE with 390 Leclerc tanks and 46 armored support vehicles. Thecontract was announced shortly after the opening of the Gulf's largest defenseshow in Abu Dhabi on 14 February. Two other companies were competing for thedeal - General Dynamics Corporation of the US with its Abrams M1A2 and VickersDefense System Ltd. of...