Sep 16, 2005

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- BAE Systems has sponsored a training session for Saudiengineers to develop the kingdom's nascent defense industry.

Sep 16, 2005

LONDON [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia, holding out the prospect of huge arms deals,has demanded that Britain expel dissidents and quash an investigation of a$100 million BAE Systems slush fund that allegedly benefited senior Saudiprinces.

May 07, 2008

LONDON [MENL] -- BAE Systems, with help from the British government, has
sought to end a U.S. anti-corruption investigation of the company's weapons
deals with Saudi Arabia.

May 20, 2008

LONDON [MENL] -- BAE Systems has acknowledged that its chief executive officer was arrested in the United States.