H.E. Obaid Khaleefa Jaber Al Murri commented
saying, “We are pleased to sign this joint venture
with Diehl Defence, and we truly believe that joining
our forces will result in tremendous success for both
organizations and for the UAE Armed Forces. The advanced
know how of Diehl Defence and Al Jaber Group’s industrial
and manufacturing capabilities will set up a strong platform
to execute a wide range of maintenance and upgrading activities
for our client”.
Claus Günther, President of Diehl
Defence, remarked: ”The establishment of a joint
venture between Diehl Defence and Al Jaber paves the way
for a strong partnership. We consider it an honour to
support the UAE´s continuous economic development
and modernization of national Armed Forces. We welcome
the opportunity to combine our complementary capabilities
in maintenance and upgrade of UAE military land vehicles.”
Within the framework of the cooperation, Diehl will supply
components such as propulsion, suspension and tracks and
assume system responsibility; Al Jaber Group will provide
the facilities comprising provision of the infrastructure
in the UAE as well as conducting work on the vehicles.
The joint venture offers know-how transfer as well as
comprehensive inclusion of the local industry in the UAE.
Diehl Defence already has relationships
with UAE Armed Forces and modernised the self-propelled
howitzer M109 in the past and conducts repair work until
today. Furthermore, Diehl Defence has been supplying tracks
and road wheels to the UAE Armed Forces for the MBT Leclerc
as well as tracks for the SP howitzer M109 and the APC
M113.
