Emirates Defence Industries Company

Emirates Defence Industries Corporation
Native name
 شركة الإمارات للصناعات العسكرية
Industry Defence
Headquarters Abu Dhabi, UAE
Area served
 Middle East, global
Key people
 Homaid Al Shemmari (Chairman), Luc Vigneron (CEO)[1]
Owner Mubadala Development Company

The Emirates Defence Industries Company (EDIC) is a defence products and arms manufacturer founded in 2014 in the United Arab Emirates.[2]

It is a holding company formed by merging several state-owned defence companies by the UAE government, with the intention of bundling and improving the country's defence industry.[3] The creation of EDIC has been described as a "milestone" for the domestic arms industry of the UAE.[4]

EDIC is jointly owned by the Mubadala Development Company, an investment fund of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, (60%)[5] and Tawazun Holding.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ Alain Establier (2015-09-08). "SDBR Interview with Luc Vigneron, CEO of the Emirates Defence Industries Company (EDIC)". rpdefense.over-blog.com (Interview). RP Defense. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  2. ↑ "UAE merger creates defence services, manufacturing company". reuters.com. Thomson Reuters. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  3. ↑ Fareed Rahman (2015-02-16). "Emirates Defence Industries Company plans more integration". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  4. ↑ Dr. Theodore Karasik and Adam Dempsey (2017-04-26). "UAE Struggling to Build World Class Defense Industry?". lexingtoninstitute.org. Lexington Institute. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  5. ↑ "Emirates Defence Industries Company". mubadala.com. Retrieved 2017-11-14. Mubadala holds a 60% share in the company.
  6. 1 2 "Emirates Defence Industries Company Formed". nimr.ae. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  7. ↑ Awad Mustafa (2015-02-21). "EDIC Acquires 5 More Companies". defensenews.com. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  8. ↑ "Presence / United Arab Emirates". thales.com. Retrieved 2017-11-14. Since 2009, the joint venture Thales Advanced Solutions (TAS) - a subsidiary of Emirates Defence Industries Company (EDIC) - [...]



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