AFP, AMMAN: Jordan and the UAE have signed a 25-million-dollar deal to set up a factory in Jordan to produce an unspecified type of military vehicle starting in June, the pro-government daily Al-Rai said Saturday.
In line with the deal, the factory will go into production in June and is expected to make 500 “military vehicles” over the next four years at a cost of 75,000 dollars each, the newspaper reported.
Al-Rai said that after the first four years the factory was expected to produce 1,000 vehicles a year.
These vehicles are due to be sold in Jordan, the UAE and other Arab countries, the newspaper added.
The agreement was struck between the King Abdullah II Center for Design and Development, which makes military equipment, and the UAE's Bin Jabr Group, Al-Rai said.
It was signed Thursday by Major General Khaled Jamukha, assistant director to Jordan's chief of staff for military productions and manager of the King Abdullah center, and Said bin Jabr, head of the Bin Jabr group.
Over the years Jordan has developed its military industry.
In December, the Jordan Aerospace Industries announced at the Dubai air show that it was expecting to produce soon the first light aircraft in the Arab world dubbed the Sama CH 2000.
JAI president Muayad al-Samaree said his private company had secured export orders for at least 25 aircraft from buyers across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, after getting approval from the Jordan Civil Aviation Authority.
