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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

US to Deploy Four B-52 Strategic Bombers to Middle East
2019-05-09 Read More...
On Sunday US National Security Adviser John Bolton announced that the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force have been deployed to the Middle East as the Trump administration sees “clear indications” of threats from Iran to

Fincantieri Starts Work on First Patrol Vessel for Qatar
2019-03-05 Read More...
The steel cutting ceremony of the first Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defense within the national naval acquisition program, took place last Wednesday at the Muggiano (La Spezia) yard in

Dassault Aviation Delivers First Rafale to Qatar
2019-02-07 Read More...
A ceremony hosted by Eric Trappier, Dassault Aviation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was held in Merignac facility Wednesday for the delivery of the first Rafale to the Qatari Emiri Air Force, under the patronage of His Excellency Dr Khalid

Raytheon Wins Contract Extension for Qatar Air & Missile Defense Operation Center
2019-01-31 Read More...
Raytheon Company was awarded the following contract as announced by the Department of Defense on December 28,

Qatar, U.S. to Expand Al-Udeid Air Base
2019-01-15 Read More...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Sunday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the expansion and renovation of Al-Udeid Air

Qatar Orders Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM)
2018-11-29 Read More...
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Qatar of defense articles and services in support of a Direct Commercial Sale of the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) for an

U.S., Qatar Look to Strengthen Defense Partnership
2018-11-15 Read More...
U.S. and Qatari defense officials charted the future of the partnership during discussions in the Pentagon on Tuesday, The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

Qatar’s Defense Minister Visits BAE Systems Sites in UK
2018-10-22 Read More...
British Defense Secretary Gavin Gavin Williamson welcomed his counterpart, His Excellency Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah, to

Qatar Settles First Eurofighter Typhoon Dues to BAE Systems
2018-09-20 Read More...
Qatar made its first payment to BAE Systems for its procurement from the United Kingdom of Eurofighter Typhoon multirole jets and Hawk trainer jets, the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) said in a

Janus Global Operations Clears Vital Iraqi Road of IEDs
2018-09-05 Read More...
The Janus Global Operations team operating in Iraq on behalf of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement continues to assist Iraqi forces in making Iraq safe for its

Qatar to Build New Air Base
2018-08-30 Read More...
Qatar is to create a new air base and expand the existing Al Udeid air base, which hosts the largest US military facility in the Middle East, a senior military official has said, Middle East Eye (MEE)

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