GM Defense And Tawazun Council Sign Cooperation Agreement 

GM Protection LLC, a subsidiary of Common Motors (GM), and the Tawazun Council signed a collaborative Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as step one towards a proper partnership to develop future merchandise within the areas of superior mobility and energy options. The MOU was signed on the Tawazun Council Chalet at IDEX 2023 by Shareef Hashim Al Hashmi, CEO of Tawazun Council and Steve duMont, president of GM Protection. The MOU with Tawazun Council is the primary partnership for GM Protection within the Center East and helps the enterprise develop its attain following the 2022 announcement of GM Protection Worldwide. GM Protection’s skill to leverage GM’s superior industrial platforms, world-class manufacturing and international provide chain and superior electrification applied sciences allow the corporate to ship commercially confirmed, greatest worth options with innovation, velocity and adaptability.

“At present’s settlement marks an essential, new relationship that additional strengthens our nation’s home protection industrial base whereas providing new alternatives for an increasing expertise growth and provide partnership with GM Protection,” mentioned Shareef Al Hashmi, CEO of Tawazun Council. “Tawazun is uniquely positioned inside the area as a useful resource for operations, manufacturing and growth for world-class expertise corporations like GM Protection. Our robust international tie makes us an advantageous associate.”

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“Our collaboration with Tawazun Council is a crucial step in increasing our attain to protection and authorities prospects within the Center East,” mentioned Steve duMont, GM Protection president. “We’re dedicated to constructing long-term, lasting relationships within the area and to delivering options that includes among the most superior, commercially confirmed applied sciences that supply reliability and adaptability. With this MOU in place, we are able to extra successfully assist our international prospects transition to a extra electrical, autonomous and related future.”

With the MOU in place, GM Protection — which leverages the confirmed industrial applied sciences of its father or mother firm, GM, and the huge battery electrical investments made by GM to convey innovation to international protection and authorities prospects — and Tawazun Council — the UAE authorities entity that helps protection and safety investments and promotes innovation and R&D within the protection industries — will facilitate enterprise with the shared goal of delivering environment friendly and superior options to army, safety and authorities prospects from the UAE and throughout the area. Precedence alternatives coated by the MOU embody cooperative analysis and growth, regional manufacturing and meeting, and post-production help and international logistics centered on the important thing expertise areas of built-in automobiles; energy and propulsion — together with gasoline cell and energy era; and autonomy and connectivity.

Tawazun Council is an unbiased authorities entity that works intently with the Ministry of Protection and safety companies within the United Arab Emirates. The Council contributes to maximizing worth by means of modern budgeting and acquisition methods, and by sustaining expertise & innovation to help nationwide business wants by means of strong laws to make sure superior high quality. It additionally seeks to speed up ecosystem development by growing capabilities, driving native content material, and creating in-country worth.

GM Protection delivers built-in automobiles, energy and propulsion, and autonomy and connectivity options to international protection, safety, and authorities markets. The distinctive reliability of GM Protection’s applied sciences outcomes from a long time of confirmed efficiency and billions of {dollars} spent in unbiased analysis and growth by its father or mother, Common Motors, a world chief in international design, engineering, and manufacturing capabilities.

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