Saudi Arabia: EADS, RTCC and Phase 3 of the border fence projectnote

EADS and its Saudi partner Al-Rashid Trading & Contracting Co (RTCC) are expected to win the Phase 3 of the security fence project along the Saudi border with Oman and Yemen. EADS and RTCC have already won Phase 1 of the project, which concerns the Saudi border with Iraq, and Phase 2 which concerns the Saudi border with each of Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE. The following 444-word report included in Tactical Weekly of January 30, 2009, focuses on the issue and tells why EADS and RTCC have the advantages to win Phase 3 of the project.