Saudi Arabia
MbS-backed defence industry putting up resistance to Aramco's self-defence plans
GAMI and SAMI, the bodies set up by Mohammed bin Salman to equip Saudi Arabia's defence forces, are under increasing internal pressure. Weakened by Iranian attacks, the Saudi national oil company Aramco is looking to set up its own anti-drone unit, having already developed in-house programmes in the naval and secure telecoms sectors.
