Made in Saudi Arabia

[Mosamania]

One point before you start reading this I would like to say "If you have nothing constructive please keep it to yourself" I know many would have to resist great urges to simply bash and demean this thread but I call you again "If you have nothing constructive to say please keep it to yourself" Thank you for your understanding.

 

[Desert Fox]

Introduction

60 years ago. Saudi Arabia was barren desert. Nothing is safe, Bandits roamed the roads and human life was cheap. 60 years ago a tribe would go to war with another tribe over a disputed well of water. 60 years ago only 5% of the country knew how to read and write let alone know what a university is. 60 years ago many Saudi people would die for lack of food and water. 60 years ago a Saudi would go to work in Sham or Africa just so he can someday return to his family with enough money to buy food. 60 years ago Saudis bought and sold slaves across the country. 60 years ago the idea of a city and a civilized society was so far fetched that the mere thought of it would get you called by others as insane. This has been going on for more than a thousand years. Central Arabia in particular was the forgotten part of the Islamic world it was treated that it didn't even exist in geography.

Now. We have Oil, The least likely people in the world and by far the one's who need it the most in the world and maybe as a reward for being kept out of civilization for so long and was literally left to rot by the rest of the world. As all people who were once extremely poor and then suddenly came with a huge inheritances we spent it. We didn't know how did we get but we just wanted everything that we wished for. Water, Cars, A HOUSE, everything we went to see it through the like of shopping windows but the only thing you could do was dream you had. Suddenly it hit us. Our inheritance is not infinite, one day we might get back into the sorry state we were. Forgotten poor and neglected by the world.

As the reality shock came to us like an electrical discharge we realized that we as people must invest this inheritance. This money will not stay here forever and like a once poor man who sat alone at night reflecting on his past we decided: We will build and Industry that is the envy of the rest of the world, We will become what others thought once upon a time we can never do. We will become civilized.

Right now Saudi Arabia is undergoing an industrial revolution. The most competitive economy in the region and THE place to invest in the Middle East surpassing all expectations. Right now we can graduate our own doctors, engineers and scientists. We have an ambition. This ambition is simply "We will not go back to what we were".

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Made in Saudi Arabia Armored Personnel Carrier

Al-Ghateesh APC made in Saudi Arabia and exported to Yemen. Made by Saudi Groups.

Al-Naif APC

 

[Desert Fox]

Too late Mosa, i already opened thread

http://www.defence.pk/forums/general-images-multimedia/156923-made-saudi-arabia.html#post2559284

 

[Mosamania]

Obviously I will first start by changing the misconception of "Saudi Arabia does not know how to drill its own oil"

Stuff by Waste Oil Recycling & Oil Purifier Co., Ltd by JV with Chinese Company

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Too late Mosa, i already opened thread

http://www.defence.pk/forums/general-images-multimedia/156923-made-saudi-arabia.html#post2559284

Actually that thread should be merged into this one.

 

[Desert Fox]

King unveils first Saudi-made car



JEDDAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah on Monday unveiled Saudi Arabia’s first car, which was manufactured by engineers at King Saud University (KSU) in Riyadh. The car is named Ghazal 1.

King Abdullah watched pictures of the various phases of the car’s manufacturing before pressing an electronic button to mark its inauguration. He congratulated all those who worked to make the project a reality.

The car is designed to match the climate of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries.

Higher Education Minister Khaled Al-Anqari thanked King Abdullah for his continuous support of the Kingdom’s higher education, adding that this has resulted in the manufacturing of the new car. “This is the fruit of your support,” Al-Anqari told the king, adding that students of the university’s Faculty of Engineering had been working on the project for the last two years.

“What is achieved today is a clear proof of the ability of Saudi youth to make innovations and inventions … if they are provided with adequate facilities and given opportunities,” the minister said.

KSU President Abdullah Al-Othman congratulated King Abdullah on the fifth anniversary of his assuming power and underscored the tremendous achievements the Kingdom has made during his reign.

He described the making of Ghazal 1 as a turning point in the Kingdom. “It also shows that we have capable people who can transform ideas into products of high economic value,” he said. “This is a national strategic product and KSU holds its patent rights and intellectual property rights,” he added.

Professor Said Darwish of KSU's industrial engineering department said the car model was based on tests of category development (wheelbase) in collaboration with several major companies such as Motorola, Mercedes and Magna Canada.

The students were given full freedom to design. Ghazal 1 is 4.8 meters long with a width of about 1.9 meters.

"This car is designed for use on all roads and terrain, even in difficult conditions, while the car interior is designed to provide comfort for passengers," Darwish said.

He disclosed plans for the production of 20,000 cars annually. Ghazal is a desert deer, which is one of the fastest animals that can combine elegance with life in a harsh environment.

King unveils first Saudi-made car - Arab News

 

[Mosamania]

It is actually better to have this one there. As there is where most threads of this kind are.

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So Mods please merge this thread into that one.

 

[Desert Fox]

It is actually better to have this one there. As there is where most threads of this kind are.

Yeah, but i'm not familiar with that many Saudi made products so don't mind my slow pace in searching.

 

[Desert Fox]

Saudi Clothing

Thobe, ideal for hot weather, provides good ventilation:

The thawb is commonly worn by men in the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Jordan, and other Arab countries. It is normally made of cotton, but heavier materials such as sheep's wool can also be used, especially in colder climates in Iraq and Syria. The style of the thawb varies slightly among the various regions within the Arab Gulf. The sleeves and the collar can be stiffened to give a more formal appearance. Other names may be used for this garment. In Souraqia and Oman, dishdasha is the most common word for the garment; in the UAE, the word kandura is used. In Morocco, the sleeves tend to be much shorter so that the thawb may seem more like a long T-shirt and is locally called gandora. Also the neck tends to be more open than in its Saudi counterpart and is often embroidered as is the breast pocket. Also it might lack buttons altogether.

The term thawb is also used to refer to similar women's garments. The traditional Palestinian woman's long tunic is called thawb. Another example is a very long, over-sized woman's garment with a heavily embroidered front panel and billowing back, also known as a Khaleeji dress, which is most commonly seen in the West worn for performance of the Saudi women's social-style dances, in which manipulation of the large thawb is a key component.

This clothing is called Kanzu in Swahili, and is commonly worn in East Africa as well.

Thawb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Mosamania]

Cars:

 

[Desert Fox]

LAMAH Saudi made secure data-link system

KACT has successfully made and started to mass produce the Saudi made secure data link system. It will share information through Saudi made satellites and can be integrated into AirCrafts, Helicopters, Tanks and Navy ships to fully integrate and increase the capabilities of the Saudi Armed Forces it is highly resistant to jamming and is capable of sending voice and video data at high rates:

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We REALLY need to work on our "work in silence" policy. I had to research this thing for a couple of days getting small amount of info here and there because we NEVER publicize anything we do we really need to start doing that.

 

[Mosamania]

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More details on this thread
http://www.defence.pk/forums/general-images-multimedia/124813-gazal-1-first-saudi-made-car.html

 

[Desert Fox]

First Saudi Video Game:

Enjoy the trailer of the first (Official) Saudi made game and the first ever Game to come out of the Middle East targeting world audience.

However please viewer discretion is advised. This game's gameplay and Physics look last gen and it is eerie similar to the other more popular game Uncharted. In other words don't judge it. Even though even I would say (WTF):

 

[Mosamania]

This was a project by Al-Araba company to make cars but it didn't have mass production capability as the above two cars:

 

[Mosamania]

Al-Araba manufactures these things for the military:

 

[Desert Fox]

Saudi UAV

PSATRI Offers Assistance to Private Sector, Military, KSU Students | King Saud University - News Portal

Early this year, Prince Khaled Bin Sultan, Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation laid the foundation stone for Prince Sultan Advanced Technologies Research Institute (PSATRI) at Riyadh Techno Valley (RTV). The ceremony also involved the signing of agreements between KSU Rector and PSATRI Supervisor Dr. Abdullah Al-Othman and several international companies including BAE, Boeing, SAAB, Agusta, and Advanced Electronics Company.

King Saud UniversityThe institute, established two years ago and to be housed in the KSU College of Engineering until the Riyadh Techno Valley complex is complete, is involved with communication and networking, electromagnetic imaging, millimeter-wave and infrared sensors and intelligent systems research. PSATRI was organized to offer – through strategic partnerships and modern technology – hands-on experience and partnerships with the private and military segments, as well as affording educational opportunities for KSU students.

Of the Institute’s many projects since its inception, the most publicized has probably been its work with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which can provide a cost-effective solution for patrolling large areas including Saudi Arabia’s 9,000- kilometer borders along land and sea. UAVs also have potential civilian values such as monitoring the Kingdom’s pipelines for maintenance and security and search-and-rescue missions in the desert. The immediate focus is on the development of intelligent flight control systems (FCS) to provide stable roll/pitch and to hold altitude. It also performs automatic navigation according to the pre-programmed waypoints using on-board GPS and inertial navigation system.

Already completed are prototypes that benefit from being small and low-cost compared to commercial FCS system. Sensors are also being developed to be used as part of the UAV’s payload, along with the software to process information from the sensors. This includes gyro-stabilized visual and thermal cameras.

Prince Sultan Advanced Technology Research InstituteA considerable proportion of the Institute resources are currently devoted to research on mobile cellular telecommunication services. Since introduced in the early 1980s, the mobile cellular industry has flourished, with at least 4.8 billion cell phones already in operation and accounting for $100 billion annually. In a Bloomberg survey, the Middle East has a high per capita usage with Saudi Arabia (No. 9) behind the United Arab Emirates (No. 1), Qatar (No. 7) and Bahrain (No. 8).

The increase in use, however, has been linked with a rapidly growing health concern expressed by various watchdog medical groups including the World Health Organization which fears that the radiation emitted from the phones could be causing damage in the human head’s soft tissue. In a series of international neurological studies, the electromagnetic wave radiation has been associated with maladies such as early senility, brain cancer, benign tumors on the auditory nerve, and memory loss.

In a King Saud University study conducted from 2006 through 2009, 34 Wismar Albino rats were used in a controlled study: 14 exposed to 60 minutes daily of mobile radiation, 14 to 30 minutes daily and ultimately compared to six unexposed rats. When blood was collected, researchers discovered that the rats exposed to 60 minutes of mobile radiation daily had an inordinately low level of serum testosterone, the 30-minute group’s level slightly better, and the unexposed rats tested normal. Through assistance from the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology, the KSU Saudi Telecom Company Chair and PSATRI researchers are working on a cellular telephone design that would reduce electromagnetic wave radiation for cell users.

King Saud UniversityPSATRI, led by Executive Director Sami Al-Humaidi, is committed towards excellence in quality, efficiency and innovation. With the continuous support of its major partners, KSU and the Royal Saudi Air force, the vision of becoming a leader in electronics, electro optics, communications, and defense related technologies can be realized by fostering an environment that encourages creativity and innovation. This goes in harmony with the nation’s strategic move towards a knowledge-based economy.