UAE announces $1.1 billion of military deals with international companies: IDEX

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Sunday it had signed military deals worth 3.87 billion UAE dirhams ($1.1 billion) with international companies. A spokesman for the IDEX defense conference said the UAE had also announced military deals worth 1.1 billion UAE dirhams with local companies. ($1 = 3.6726 UAE dirham) (Reporting by Stanley Carvalho; Writing by Nafisa Eltahir; Editing by Mark Potter)