Federal Opportunities in

United Arab Emirates

6

open solicitations

Al Dhafra Air Base near Abu Dhabi supports U.S. Air Force operations across the Middle East, and the port of Jebel Ali is among the U.S. Navy's busiest overseas port calls.

Base support, ship services and logistics add steady contracting, alongside the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the consulate general in Dubai.

Open solicitations sourced directly from SAM.gov and DIBBS.
Last Updated from SAM: October 26, 2026 at 5:05AM ET

Map of Active Federal Contract Opportunities in United Arab Emirates

Open federal solicitations across United Arab Emirates, plotted by place of performance. 5 solicitations are shown at 2 separate locations — larger markers are locations with more than one open solicitation. Hover a marker to see what is being solicited there.

5 of 6 solicitations shown — the rest list no place of performance we can locate.

Top Agencies

Agencies with the most open opportunities in United Arab Emirates.

1 Department of Defense 6 100%

Top
Sectors

The most active sectors for current open opportunities with performance in United Arab Emirates.

6 Manufacturing (31-33) (100%)

NAICS
Breakdown

The most popular NAICS codes for current open opportunities with performance in United Arab Emirates.

2 Gasket, packing, and sealing device manufacturing • 339991 (33.3%)
1 Industrial valve manufacturing • 332911 (16.7%)
1 Hardware manufacturing • 332510 (16.7%)
1 All other miscellaneous fabricated metal product manufacturing • 332999 (16.7%)
1 Surgical and medical instrument manufacturing • 339112 (16.7%)

Contract Language (Buzzwords)

1 phrase • United Arab Emirates

The terms appearing most often across United Arab Emirates's open solicitations, tracked daily over the last 30 days. Each figure is how many of those days the phrase appeared — the language an agency uses consistently says more about what it buys than any single day does.

Consistently used

identification marker11/30

DIBBS Requests

Recent DIBBS listings in United Arab Emirates. DIBBS is the official product procurement database for the Department of Defense, and typically involves products, not services.

Showing 1–6 of 6 DIBBS requests for United Arab Emirates

Title Quantity Type NAICS Agency Posted Deadline
DIBBS Request Check Valve
1 EA DIBBS Request
Industrial Valve Manufacturing 332911
Department of Defense
Oct 13, 2026 Oct 26, 2026
Closed
DIBBS Request Angle Bracket
1 EA DIBBS Request
Hardware Manufacturing 332510
Department of Defense
Oct 13, 2026 Oct 26, 2026
Closed
Summary One 5052389-1 angle bracket unit
DIBBS Request Nonmetallic Hose Assembly
1 EA DIBBS Request
All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 332999
Department of Defense
Oct 13, 2026 Oct 26, 2026
Closed
Summary Nonmetallic hose assembly with 3 in external NPT
DIBBS Request Hemostatic Forceps
2 EA DIBBS Request
Surgical And Medical Instrument Manufacturing 339112
Department of Defense
Oct 21, 2026 Oct 27, 2026
Due today
DIBBS Request Plain Encased Seal
5 EA DIBBS Request
Gasket, Packing, And Sealing Device Manufacturing 339991
Department of Defense
Oct 20, 2026 Nov 2, 2026
6 days left
DIBBS Request Electronic Shielding Gasket
1 EA DIBBS Request
Gasket, Packing, And Sealing Device Manufacturing 339991
Department of Defense
Oct 20, 2026 Nov 2, 2026
6 days left

Recent United Arab Emirates Winners

The vendors awarded the most for federal work performed in United Arab Emirates from Nov 2025 – Oct 2026, ranked by obligated dollars each month. A vendor holding the top spot every month is an incumbent; gaps and movement are where the competition is.

Vendor Oct
26
Jun
26
Feb
26
Jan
26
Dec
25
Nov
25
Total Contracts
HQ: Dubai
· 2 1 2 1 1 $36.0M 822
Chevron Al Khalij
HQ: Dubai, Dubai
· · · 1 · · $29.4M 1
HQ: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi
· 1 2 3 · 8 $23.7M 7
Solaris Energy Dmcc
HQ: Dubai
· 4 4 4 2 2 $7.3M 494
Omni Air International, Llc
HQ: Tulsa, Oklahoma
· 3 · · · · $5.7M 2
American Life Insurance Co (Dubai Branch)
HQ: Dubai
· 5 · 6 3 7 $3.3M 9
HQ: Panama City, Florida
· · 3 · · · $2.9M 1
HQ: Chatham
· · 6 5 5 10 $1.2M 35
HQ: Orlando, Florida
· 6 · · · · $932K 1
HQ: Arlington, Virginia
· · 5 · · · $907K 1
HQ: Salmiya
· 7 · · · · $781K 1
Astrea General Trading
HQ: Dubai
· 8 · · · · $777K 2
HQ: White Plains, New York
· 10 · 10 · · $773K 2
United Capital Investments Group
HQ: Dubai
· · · · 4 · $743K 21
HQ: Ypsilanti, Michigan
· 9 · · · · $719K 1
HQ: Dubai
· · · · 7 4 $378K 31
HQ: Dubai, Dubai
· · 8 · 9 6 $330K 9
Petrodex Trading L.l.c
HQ: Dubai
· · 7 7 · · $326K 5
HQ: Dubai
· · · · · 3 $242K 3
Gardaworld-Transguard Group Uae
HQ: Mclean, Virginia
· · · · 6 · $221K 1
HQ: Dubai
· · · · 8 · $175K 1
HQ: Dubai
· · · · · 5 $126K 1
Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees
HQ: Washington, District Of Columbia
· · · · 10 · $116K 4
HQ: Dubai, 18/07/2005
· · · 8 · · $103K 2
HQ: Abu Dhabi
· · · · · 9 $95K 5
Sued-Muell Gmbh & Co. Kg Fuer Abfalltransporte Und Sonderabfallbeseitigung
HQ: Hessheim, Rheinland-pfalz
· · · 9 · · $94K 1
HQ: Gzira
· · 9 · · · $69K 2
HQ: Phoenix, Arizona
· · 10 · · · $42K 1
Ambicion Trading Fz-Llc
HQ: Ras Al Khaimah
1 · · · · · $32K 1
Klm Globex General Trading Fze
HQ: Dubai
2 · · · · · $0 1

Each cell is that vendor's rank for the month; a dot means they weren't in that month's top ten. Hover a rank for the month's dollars and contract count.

Procurement Outlook

What is coming for United Arab Emirates: early signals of work that reaches SAM.gov and DIBBS later, often a year or more out.

Arms sales notified to Congress

Each one signals the parts, services and support that follow — often years of them.

Last 12 months
9 notices
21 on record since 2021
Notified value
$22.17 billion
last 12 months
Parts & services
31%
rather than major defense equipment
May 1, 2026 Navy

Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System-II

$148 million
Major defense equipment $99 million · Other $49 million

LAU-131 A/A launchers; Mk-152 high explosive warheads; MK66 rocket motors; proximity fuzes; WTU-1/B practice warheads; inert MK66 rocket motors; support equipment; publications and technical documentation; transportation; U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, training, and logistical support services; and other related elements of logistics and program support.

Case AE-P-ABV Read the notice →
May 1, 2026 Update Army

Update: Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE). Also included wer…

$6.25 billion
March 19, 2026 Update Army

Update: PATRIOT Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) Missiles Segment Enhancement (MSE). Also included we…

$5.56 billion
March 19, 2026 Update Air Force

Update: GBU-31V1 (KMU-556 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) kits)

$345 million
March 19, 2026 Update Army

Update: CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters with air-to-air refuel probe capability and extended r…

$1.4 billion
March 19, 2026 Missile Defense Agency

Long-Range Discrimination Radar with Terminal

$4.5 billion
Major defense equipment $3.5 billion · Other $1 billion
Case AE-I-UBF Read the notice →

A notice is a possible sale reported to Congress, not a contract — some take years to be signed and some never are. Source: Federal Register arms sales notifications.