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The company provides the backbone of modern electronic warfare defense and security systems, using focused energy to support offensive and operational capabilities, to obscure, disable or confound an adversary,\u201d said Waleid Al Mesmari, Edge\u2019s vice president of program management for its EW and intelligence business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the memo\u2019s terms, each partner should identify a potential axis of cooperation among several domains and activities related to high-energy lasers, such as operational analysis and systems architecture, while also factoring in potential vulnerabilities and future performance demonstrations, according to a statement issued by SIGN4L.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The memo follows up on a bilateral cooperation agreement signed at the Dubai Air Show in 2019 between the French government and the United Arab Emirate\u2019s Tawazun Economic Council. \u201cWe are focusing our efforts on the current arrangement and will revise the terms of our collaboration where and when it makes mutual business sense,\u201d Al Mesmari told Defense News. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the signing ceremony, MBDA head Eric B\u00e9ranger said: \u201cFor the first time, MBDA is engaging in an ambitious cooperation outside Western Europe regarding high-energy lasers. Collaboration in this field is of a mutual interest since MBDA and CILAS\u2019 capabilities and experience working on high-energy laser activities for more than 30 years is complementary to SIGN4L\u2019s strong knowledge and expertise regarding them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked about the agreement\u2019s time frame, Al Mesmari told Defense News that the goal is for \u201ca long-term and sustainable collaboration.\u201d He was unable to quantify the potential value of such a deal at this early stage, but he emphasized the benefits of joint collaboration of the sharing of knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe aim to strengthen our local sovereign defense capabilities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should collaboration take place, the resulting system would target the UAE as the primary market to secure critical defense infrastructure, he 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