We Are Houbara
A Middle East General Enterprises (MGE) and QinetiQ Joint Venture.
We are the only UAE-UK defence Joint Venture operating today and a strong symbol of UAE-UK defence industrial cooperation.
Read on to discover more about us.
What We Do
We provide our UAE customers with enduring access to our three key capability areas:
Unmanned Target Systems. Providing realistic target systems for training requirements, in the air and at sea.
Training, Test & Evaluation - Drawing upon our QinetiQ heritage and access to over 6,000 subject matter experts to enhance and assure complex military capabilities.
Products and Services. Access to and front-end customer support for a wide portfolio of QinetiQ’s operationally proven products. From EOD Robots and survivability solutions through to encrypted SATCOM systems.
Middle East General Enterprises
Middle East General Enterprises (MGE) are a diversified holding company with business interests across multiple markets. As a family run company with deep historical ties to the UAE and wider MENA region, MGE supports existing partners to grow and diversify their business in the UAE and across the Middle East region.
MGE’s current investment areas and market expertise include the logistics, oil and gas, energy, business creation and the aerospace and defence sectors.
QinetiQ
QinetiQ is a company of over 6,000 scientists and engineers, dedicated to being on the side of their customers. We offer our customers world-class expertise in advice, services (particularly test and evaluation) and innovative technology-based products.
We deploy our scientific and technological knowledge, proven research capabilities and unique, purpose-built facilities to provide both services and products that meet the needs of a wide range of global customers. We operate primarily in the defence, security and critical national infrastructure markets.
We are named after the Houbara Bustard, a migratory prey bird whose different species are native to parts of North Africa, Arabia and Asia. Historically Houbara were hunted using Falcons or “Shaheen” in Arabic.
As a UAE company, we wanted to acknowledge this Arabic tradition as “Shaheen” is also the name given to the aircraft which hunt our unmanned targets (our Houbara’s) during training exercises.
Today many Houbara species are listed as endangered and hunting them is illegal in many countries. Global efforts to preserve the Houbara are underway, led by organisations such as the UAE’s International Fund For Houbara Conservation (IFHC).
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