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The modernization of Gulf and MENA navies, covering the procurement of frigates, corvettes, patrol vessels, mine countermeasure and unmanned maritime systems, naval shipbuilding partnerships, and maritime surveillance and port defense capabilities.
Wartime conditions in the Gulf and the Houthi war in the Red Sea have accelerated naval procurement across every class, from frigates and OPVs to submarines and unmanned surface and underwater systems, with growing weight on surveillance and mine countermeasures.
In the UAE, EDGE Group's maritime collaboration with South Korea's DAPA under their 27 February 2026 framework MoU centers on a new surface combatant, naval maintenance and shipyard cooperation and unmanned maritime systems, EDGE and TKMS are exploring underwater-surveillance cooperation for the UAE Navy, and Abu Dhabi has shifted naval funding toward mine countermeasures and port defense.
Saudi Arabia's Western Fleet, assessed in October 2026 as unable to sustain prolonged maritime surveillance, needs new helicopters, radar coverage, munitions and technical support.
This topic page also tracks Saudi-Naval Group talks on the upgraded FDI frigate with MPLS, the SAMI-GDLS partnership, Saudi-Fincantieri Todaro, the TKMS MEKO A-200 offer, the Saudi GAMI-Kership OPV industrial package, the Saudi Aramco-Saab coastal surveillance assessment, Qatar's parallel French mine-countermeasure and Dutch maritime-support tracks, Barzan-Exail underwater systems, ADSB-PTDI USV assembly cooperation, and Egypt's Navantia F-110, STM MILGEM and KSS-II submarine files.
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