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GM Defense Sign MoU With United Arab Emirates To Develop Electric Military Vehicles
GM Defense sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with United Arab Emirates’ Defence governing body to develop military EVs.
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Tawazun Council is the first partnership for GM Defense in the Middle East.
It is the first step toward a formal partnership to develop future products in the areas of advanced mobility and power solutions.
MoU covers R&D, regional production/assembly, and post-production support, which focuses on integrated vehicles.
GM Defense LLC, a subsidiary of General Motors (GM), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Tawazun Council — the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government entity that supports defense and security investments.
The MOU was signed by Shareef Hashim Al Hashmi, CEO of Tawazun Council and Steve duMont, president of GM Defense during this year’s International Defence Exhibition (IDEX 2023) held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The MOU with Tawazun Council is the first partnership for GM Defense in the Middle East. The collaboration is the first step toward a formal partnership to develop future products in the areas of advanced mobility and power solutions.
“Our collaboration with Tawazun Council is an important step in expanding our reach to defense and government customers in the Middle East,” said Steve duMont, GM Defense president.
“We are committed to building long-term, lasting relationships in the region and to delivering solutions featuring some of the most advanced, commercially proven technologies that offer reliability and flexibility.
“With this MOU in place, we can more effectively help our global customers transition to a more electric, autonomous and connected future.”
“Today’s agreement marks an important, new relationship that further strengthens our nation’s domestic defense industrial base while offering new opportunities for an expanding technology development and supply partnership with GM Defense,” said Shareef Al Hashmi, CEO of Tawazun Council.
“Tawazun is uniquely positioned within the region as a resource for operations, production and development for world-class technology companies like GM Defense. Our strong global tie makes us an advantageous partner.”
Priority opportunities covered by the MOU include cooperative Research and Development, regional production and assembly, and post-production support, which focuses on integrated vehicles, power and propulsion, and autonomy and connectivity.
