
Riad Khawaji
Middle East Contributing Editor at Breaking Defense and military affairs adviser at Al Arabiya News Channel, based in Dubai.
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Aug 4, 2026
Farnborough last looks, plus how the Iran war is affecting arms sales
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Riad KhawajiGUEST
Well, this year FOMBO takes place at the time the Middle East is in conflict and it shows what the Middle East militaries lack and need at the time they could find over here.

Riad KhawajiGUEST
um we saw you know right now of the drones against drones this seems to be picking up especially on the models that were developed during the ukraine war mostly by the ukrainians so we see a lot of similarities in the products between the companies and this definitely got the interest of the middle east Also, we see many companies developing drones for ATT&CK and ISR that could become with the ability to be sovereign.

Riad KhawajiGUEST
Especially we see the CCA, like the Gambits, also being developed in a way with a potential for partnerships, industrial partnerships, and this is now a requirement in countries like the UAE or Saudi Arabia.

Riad KhawajiGUEST
In addition, of course, we saw the talk about missile defense, what's the latest in the air defense world right now.
