King Abdullah II

Following contract award in July 2010, Schiebel is pleased to announce delivery of two CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) to the King Abdullah Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) of Jordan. The UAS will form a key part of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) Reconnaissance Squadron, as KADDB is an independent Governmental military-civilian agency existing within the JAF tasked with operating to best commercial practices with predetermined performance targets. Read moreRead Full Story

Now it is Jordon. King Abdullah II in a desperate attempt to please his ever increasing protesters in Jordon has dismissed his cabinet. This will do nothing to stop the movement in Jordon for Democratic reform.King Abdullah had promised to install more reforms after taking office following the death of his father King Hussein in the typical Arab way of nepotism monarchical government. Now Arabs in his land and many others are demanding a more free and fair process in for them to elect their...Read Full Story

ATK announced it has received a contract from the King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) of the Kingdom of Jordan to modify two of the country's CASA-235 transport aircraft into highly-capable and cost-effective special mission aircraft, according to the combined modification designs of both KADDB and ATK. Subject to U.S. government export licensing approval, the modified aircraft are expected to be delivered by the late spring of 2013. Terms of the contract were not announced...Read Full Story

The principle of fluid erosion and carving to the mass of the building was applied for the performing arts centre. This principle of erosion is the sole means of articulating the public spaces in the building. Thus there is a very strong, legible relation between the exterior and interior public spaces. The interior public foyer space is a continuous, multi-level space that cuts through the building and connects the north and south side of the valley. The fact that the erosion is cutting...Read Full Story

Jordan's King Abdullah II, a key US ally, said in an interview that there was enough evidence that the United States had engaged in torture using interrogation techniques shunned by the Obama administration. "What I see in the press ... shows that there were illegal ways of dealing with detainees," Abdullah told NBC in an interview to be broadcast Sunday on "Meet the Press." Asked if the United States has engaged in torture, the king said there were "enough accounts to show that that is the...Read Full Story