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Boeing’s F-15 Qatar Advanced Jet Completes First Flight
2020-04-16 Read More...
Boeing successfully completed the first flight of the F-15QA fighter, the most advanced version of the jet ever manufactured. Developed for the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF), the jet demonstrated its next-generation capabilities during its 90-minute

Fincantieri Launches First Corvette for Qatar
2020-03-02 Read More...
The technical launch of corvette “Al Zubarah’, the first of the class ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defense within the national naval acquisition program, took place Thursday at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia,

Gulf Helicopters First Customer for Leornardo’s New AW189K Helicopter
2020-02-03 Read More...
Leonardo is strengthening its leading position in the super medium helicopter market by announcing the launch customer for the all new AW189K variant. Gulf Helicopters of Qatar, a major force in the offshore transport

Barzan Holdings Joins DIMDEX as Strategic Partner & Gold Sponsor
2020-01-30 Read More...
Opening new avenues to mutual support and collaborative achievement in the global defence and security industry, the organising committee of the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference

Fincantieri Strengthens Strategic Partnership with Qatar
2020-01-27 Read More...
Fincantieri, one of the world’s top shipbuilding groups, and the Ministry of Defense of Qatar through Barzan Holdings, a company wholly owned by the Qatari Ministry of Defense and responsible for empowering the military capabilities of the national

Fincantieri Returns to DIMDEX 2020 as Diamond Sponsor
2020-01-16 Read More...
The organising committee of the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX 2020), which will be held between the 16th and 18th of upcoming March, has announced Fincantieri as Diamond Sponsor

MBDA Returns to DIMDEX 2020 as Gold Sponsor
2020-01-14 Read More...
In the lead-up to the seventh edition of the highly anticipated Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX 2020), the organising committee has announced MBDA as a returning Gold

Qatar Orders Two Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures Systems
2019-09-26 Read More...
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Qatar of two AN/AAQ-24(V)N Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) systems and related equipment for an estimated cost of $86

Qatar Typhoon and Hawk Program in Full Swing
2019-09-23 Read More...
Substantial progress has been made on the contract between BAE Systems and the Government of Qatar for the provision of 24 Typhoon aircraft, 9 Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers and a six-year availability support service which came into effect one year ago

Turkey to Open New Military Base in Qatar
2019-08-20 Read More...
Turkey is set to open a new military base near the existing joint command center in Qatar this fall and significantly expand its troop presence in the Gulf emirate, pro-government Hürriyet Daily News

Qatar, Iran Hold 15th Joint Coast Guard Meeting
2019-08-06 Read More...
The 15th joint coast guard meeting between Iran and Qatar was held Sunday in Tehran to develop field cooperation and boost bilateral good-neighborly relations, according to Iranian

Qatar Becomes 1st AMRAAM-ER Customer, 11th NASAMS Partner
2019-07-12 Read More...
Raytheon Company announced it was awarded two direct commercial sales contracts by the State of Qatar for additional integrated air and missile defense

U.S., Qatar Announce New Defense, Aviation Deals
2019-07-11 Read More...
U.S. President Donald Trump gave a warm White House welcome Tuesday to the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, while recognizing the country’s extensive military partnership with the U.S. and billions of dollars in purchases from

U.S. Deploys F-22 Stealth Fighters to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar
2019-07-01 Read More...
The United States Air Force has dispatched top-of-the-line F-22 stealth fighters to Qatar for the first time as it beefs up its forces in the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran, CNN

Qatar Receives First Batch of Five Rafale Jets
2019-06-07 Read More...
Five Rafale fighter jets arrived in Qatar on Wednesday, a diplomatic source in Doha told Agence France Presse (AFP), a symbolic delivery as Doha marked two years under a Saudi-led

Qatar Requests 24 AH-64E Apache Helicopters
2019-05-13 Read More...
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Qatar of twenty-four (24) AH-64E Apache Attack helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $3.0

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