In the presence of His Excellency Eng. Ahmad bin Abdulaziz Al-Ohali, Governor of the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI), the participation of GAMI in the international Paris Air Show 2025, one of the largest and most prestigious aviation and defense exhibitions in the world.
GAMI’s participation in the show was also attended by His Excellency Eng. Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, Minister of Transport and Logistics Services; His Excellency Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Duailej, President of the General Authority for Civil Aviation; Mr. Fahd bin Mayouf Al-Ruwaili, Saudi ambassador to the French Republic; and a number of officials, experts, and specialists from various countries around the world.
His Excellency Eng. Ahmad bin Abdulaziz Al-Ohali, Governor of GAMI, emphasized that GAMI’s participation in the international Paris Air Show 2025 aligns with its efforts to strengthen international partnerships, attract high-value investments, and enable national talent. These efforts contribute to achieving the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030, including localizing over 50% of military spending. His Excellency noted that such international engagements underscore Saudi Arabia’s global influence and highlight the significant progress in developing investor-friendly policies and regulations, as well as an industrial environment that supports the sector’s growth both domestically and internationally.
It’s worth noting that GAMI’s participation in the international Paris Air Show 2025 builds on the Kingdom’s ongoing successes at international forums and affirms GAMI’s commitment to developing a competitive defense and security industrial sector that contributes to supporting the national economy and achieving sustainable security by building international partnerships that serve common interests.
About the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI):
The General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) was established in 2017 by a decision of the Saudi Cabinet on August 15, 2017. Its role is to regulate, monitor, empower, and license the military and security industries sector in the Kingdom.
GAMI seeks to boost the military industries sector and strengthen its key role in developing a strong economy. It oversees the transformation to make the sector more appealing to investors through regulation and licensing. GAMI is dedicated to developing and organizing the defense and security industries sector in alignment with Saudi Vision 2030 to localize more than 50% of government spending on defense and military services and products by 2030.
GAMI prioritizes the implementation of policies and legislation in the Kingdom. These priorities include several policies and measures, such as governance in the sector, the regulations governing military activities, control and supervision policy on exports and imports, standards, specifications, testing, and quality policy, intellectual property policy, security and data management policy, occupational safety, health, and environmental policy, human capital development policy, and industrial participation.
