History

Jordan Design and Development Bureau (JODDB) was established in 1999, by a royal decree, as an independent government entity affiliated with the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF). The establishment of the Bureau was one of His Majesty’s King Abdullah II’s priorities the assumption of his constitutional powers to become an Arab defense nucleus in the region.

By being creative, innovative and by harnessing advanced technologies to serve Jordan’s national security through prompting self-reliance, building indigenous capabilities, supplying scientific and technical services, increasing the competitiveness of its manufacturing capacity, developing national labor competencies and know-how, adopting best practices, JODDB is dedicated to advancing, applying and facilitating high standards of research development through partnership and innovation with built-in institutional development and growth.