LONDON — Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman paid a visit to the headquarters of BAE Systems in the British city of Wharton during his ongoing official visit to the United Kingdom.
Upon his arrival at the company’s headquarters, he was received by the Chief of Air Staff of Britain’s Royal Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, the British Military Attaché to Saudi Arabia, Brigadier Jimmy Piggott, and the CEO of BAE Systems, Dr. . Charles woodburne.
During the visit, the Saudi minister was briefed on the superior capabilities of the Typhoon aircraft and its combat systems and about the company’s future plans and strategies, including the program for future combat air capabilities, the development of air systems, and ways to strengthen the existing partnership between it and the Saudi Armed Forces.
BAE Systems’ partnership with the Saudi Armed Forces extends more than 50 years, during which it accomplished many achievements and successes in the fields of transferring technology and expertise to the Kingdom, and cooperation with the Saudi industrial sector. These efforts culminated in assembling the first jet training aircraft, in addition to manufacturing some of its parts in Saudi Arabia, which will contribute to achieving one of the most important goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 in the localization of military industries.
The Minister of Defense then visited the company’s aviation systems development and design site and was briefed on a number of models of Typhoon aircraft and modern systems used in aviation. SPA