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Turkiye’s Assan to Co-Develop Ammo with UAE’s Lahab

Türkiye’s leading ammunitions and aircraft manufacturing. boost production efficiency, enabling Lahab
bombs maker Assan Group will co-develop to better meet the expanding and evolving
innovative ammunition types with the UAE- Hamad Al Marar, Managing Director and demands of its customers.
based munitions manufacturer Lahab. Chief Executive Officer, Edge Group, said: “In
line with our Industry 4.0 roadmap, Assan Emin Öner, Chairman of Assan Group, said:
Lahab, an Edge Group entity, signed a part- Group has become an important strategic “Since the Covid pandemic, the global
nership agreement and a Memorandum of partner in the production of materiel that is supply chain has been damaged and not
Understanding (MoU) with the Assan Group critical to our customers mission readiness. restored yet properly. Assan Group is work-
at the ongoing SAHA Expo to co-develop Through this partnership, we will ensure ing on becoming a trustworthy partner to
new solutions and expand Lahab’s manu- the UAE achieves strategic independence supply critical materials to its customers.
facturing capabilities. from potentially unstable global supply By signing an MoU with Edge’s Lahab, we
chains. This partnership also highlights
our commitment to driving innovation and move to a further level in the global defence
Under the terms of the MoU, the two com- maintaining a highly competitive, world- market. As of today, we believe that Assan
panies will collaborate on the co-develop- class munitions industry.” Group will achieve success as a global
ment of innovative ammunition types and solution partner to overcome supply chain
establish a reliable supply chain for the Through the partnership agreement, Assan problems, especially for energetic materials
energetic materials essential to ammunition will assist Lahab in upgrading its facilities to of the defence industry.”

Azerbaijan, Türkiye Enhance Military-technical Cooperation

Defence ties between Azerbaijan and high-levels of cooperation that have been
Türkiye, which have flourished in recent established between the two countries in
years, is poised to get another fillip. the military-technical sphere will continue
to develop.
Minister of Defense Industry of the Republic Azerbaijan is represented at the event by
of Azerbaijan Vugar Mustafayev met with Azərsilah, a defence industry holding un-
Minister of National Defense of the Republic der the Ministry of Defence Industry. The
of Türkiye Yaşar Güler during the ongoing national pavilion showcases 57 types of
event. Mustafayev also met with Prof. Dr. cooperation and the expansion of ties in defence equipment, including sniper rifles,
Haluk Görgün, President of the Defence the military-technical field. mortars, assault rifles, heavy machine guns,
Industry Agency of Türkiye, to discuss automatic cannons, grenade launchers, and
prospects for the development of existing During the meetings, it was decided that the ammunition.

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