Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, February 17th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Dubai Biotechnology and Research Park (DuBiotech), a member of TECOM Investments, has continued to strengthen its position as the Middle East’s premiere free zone business park dedicated to the development of the life sciences industry.

In 2012, DuBiotech delivered exceptional growth, as 40 commercial licences were issued compared to 21 in 2011, a year-on-year increase of 50 per cent, taking the total number of companies based in the free zone to 126.  The business centre in the lab building is also now 100 per cent occupied with a mix of both multinational and small and medium sized firms.

The year began with a 20 per cent occupancy rate for warehouses, however, over the course of 2012 that increased to 75 per cent – with the space being utilised by a combination of pharmaceutical, food, environmental and medical equipment companies such as, Bayer Middle East, Lupin Middle East, Life Techn ... Read more »

TerraMax™ advanced autonomous technology improves troop protection and mission performance

OSHKOSH, Wis. - Sunday, February 17th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

IDEX 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), announced today the international debut of its OshkoshTerraMax™ unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) technology, which is available to support militaries globally and will be demonstrated at IDEX (International Defense Exhibition and Conference) 2013 (booth #03-C10), on Feb. 17-21 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The TerraMax UGV technology provides a solution to two primary needs of today’s military customers worldwide. It helps reduce the threat to Warfighters from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on today’s battlefields by increasing a driver’s situational awareness or removing a driver from the vehicle entirely. It also serves as a force multiplier by allowing one operator to supervise three to five UGVs from a safe dist ... Read more »