Saudi Arabia, UAE and Hizam Al-Taawun (HAT) programmenote

The GCC Hizam Al-Taawun aircraft identification and tracking system (HAT), a distributed C4I network developed by Raytheon, is reported to be still suffering from some gaps. The following 463-word report included in Tactical Weekly of May 29, 2009 focuses on the HAT programme and tells which states are showing interest in plugging the gaps, which not. It also tells with which defence contractors there are talks on the subject and what these talks are about.