Israeli defense technology company Controp Precision Technologies Ltd. announced the establishment of its first subsidiary in the UAE, Maariv reported on 26 October.

This move marks the first Israeli arms venture in the Gulf since the 2020 Abraham Accords, described by Maariv as an “unprecedented security and economic step.”

According to Eurasian Times, as much as 12 percent of Israel’s global weapons sales in 2024 were directed to Arab countries that normalized relations under the Abraham Accords, up from just three percent the previous year.

Combined purchases by the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan totaled roughly $1.8 billion, making Arab states the third-largest market for Israeli weapons after Europe and the wider Asia-Pacific region