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Raytheon plans to train 35 Saudi companies to manufacture spare parts
The company's CEO, Kurt Amand, is currently in talks to train 35 Saudi companies to manufacture 3,000 spare parts.
Raytheon Saudi Arabia is in the process of developing and localising a number of defense products and providing a number of defensive and cyberspace services. .
"We are working closely with the Saudi authorities and Saudi organizations such as the Saudi Military Industries Company (SAMI) to identify and start production and local processing of a number of capabilities," he told Asharq Al-Awsat.
"We worked 4 or 5 years ago to provide the Department of Defense's extensive C4I system, which has recently come into operation," said Amand. As part of the program, we have sent 72 Saudi civil and military engineers to the United States for intensive training courses on the implementation of the program."
"These engineers were the cornerstones of the program, through software development and code delivery for C4I. We have succeeded in doing so before, and I think that we will try to imitate this model in terms of searching for Saudi qualified energies and sending them to the United States, training them, directing them to contribute in a number of fields, facilitating the transfer of technology, And thus provide high technical functions for Saudi citizens to support the vision 2030 of the Kingdom ".
"The Saudi leadership, particularly with regard to defense contracts, has made it clear that it expects companies to manufacture and deliver high-quality local products," Amand said.
"We understand and support this and we consider it very important to provide local manufacturing jobs in the Kingdom and to contribute to the development of the industrial and defense sector in the Kingdom. Ultimately, this is in the interest of all of us. It gives us a great growth opportunity. "
"The ultimate goal is not only to meet Saudi military requirements but also to form partnerships with a number of Saudi companies and establish joint ventures that export industries to a number of countries in the region and the global market as well, which is a great growth opportunity for Raytheon," Amand said.
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