The Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution is a center focused on adopting and supporting emerging technologies for the benefit of society in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was launched as part of the First Saudi Forum for the Fourth Industrial Revolution on July 28, 2021, through a collaboration between King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and the World Economic Forum (WEF). The center is located at the KACST headquarters in Riyadh . Objectives of Center for the Fourth ...

Since its founding, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has focused on military industries. In 1949, Founding King Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud ordered the establishment of military factories, which later became the General Organization for Military Industries. In 2013, it was renamed the General Authority for Military Industries ( GAMI ), overseeing sixteen production lines that manufacture a variety of military equipment, including light and medium ammunition, shells, control and sensing devices...