ABU DHABI - The Ministry of Defence, MoD, has signed a contract with Injazat Data Systems, an industry-recognised market leader in the region for information technology, data centre and managed services, to support the ministry's e-system.

Major General Pilot Abdullah Al Hashemy, Assistant Under-Secretary for Support Services at the ministry, and Khaled Al Melhi, Chief Executive Officer of Injazat, witnessed the signing ceremony, along with a number of officials from both sides.

Major General Pilot Al Hashemy said the ministry was seeking to implement the most advanced electronic and digital transformation systems.

''The contract is aligned with the federal government digital transformation strategy,'' he stated.

Injazat is fully owned by Mubadala, the investment arm of the Government of Abu Dhabi.

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