Sale of military equipment from UK to United Arab Emirates

This file concerns the sale of UK military equipment to the UAE. It contains letters, correspondence and memoranda relating to:

• The UAE’s interest in Vosper Thornycroft (UK) Limited’s 50 metre patrol boats
• The UAE’s decision to reduce its military budget
• A proposal submitted by Vickers Limited to the Jordanians in September 1977 for the refurbishment and modernisation of Jordan’s Centurion Tanks
• Westland Helicopters' nomination of its UAE agents
• The supply and shipment of Scorpion Tanks to the UAE
• French policy and arms sales in the Gulf, including the visit of the French Minister of Defence Yvon Bourges to the UAE
• The UAE’s interest in the Barr and Stroud Tank Laser Sight
• The supply and shipment of Mortar bombs to the UAE
• A memorandum of understaning between the British and UAE governments concerning UK defence sales to the UAE
• Arrangements for a Hawk aircraft demonstration that will be taking place in the UAE during February 1978
• British Aerospace’s decision to buy back old Hunter aircraft from the UAE
• The question of whether HMG should allow the sale of Blowpipe missiles to the UAE
• The British Defence Sale Organisation’s (DSO) decision to offer a Clansman net radio system package to the UAE’s Western Military Command
• The sale of Fox armoured reconnaissance vehicles to the UAE’s Yarmouk Brigade
• The DSO’s intention to send a team to the UAE for discussions with the UAE Minister of Defence Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
• The UAE’s interest in Vickers Tanks
• British arms sales to Iran
• The visit of a UAE coastguard team to Northern Ireland
• The British Aircraft Corporation’s (BAC) desire to sell Rapier aircraft to the UAE
• The UAE Navy’s interest in Hovercrafts.

This file also includes export license applications filled out by Barr and Stroud Limited, the Royal Ordnance Factory Leeds, Alvis Limited and Vickers Limited.