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LM Wins Order for Qatar Apache Targeting, Pilotage Systems
2014-10-14 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) received a $90.6 million foreign military sale contract from the U.S. Army to provide Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) systems to the Qatar Emiri Air Force. Qatar marks the

Raytheon Eyes Patriot Missile Sale to Qatar Before Year-End
2014-10-10 Read More...
Raytheon Co. expects Qatar and the US government to complete a long-awaited multibillion-dollar agreement on a "significant" number of Patriot missile defense systems before year end, a senior company official told Reuters on Tuesday.

U.S. to Deploy 2,300 Marines to the Middle East
2014-10-03 Read More...
The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) has announced that it plans to deploy 2,300 Marines to the Middle East for rapid intervention in crises in the region.

Qatari PM Participates in GCC Interior Ministers Meeting
2014-10-03 Read More...
Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani (photo) participated in the emergency meeting of the GCC Ministers of Interior, which was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday October 01, 2014.

Qatar University, Thales to Open Cybersecurity Chair
2014-09-23 Read More...
A chair agreement was signed between Qatar University (QU) and Thales to establish the Thales Professorial Chair in Cyber and Computing Security (CCS) at QU. The Chair will be housed in the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department at the

Milipol Qatar to Address GCC Internal State Security
2014-09-05 Read More...
The specific needs and requirements of internal state security markets within the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) will be addressed at the 10th biennial Milipol Qatar 2014, which will run from October 20 to 22 at the Doha Exhibition Centre.

The 4th Annual Qatar Defence Logistics and Support Forum
2014-09-03 Read More...
IQPC Middle East is again selected by the Qatar Armed Forces as the organiser of the 4th annual Qatar Defence Logistics and Support

Qatar’s Minister of State for Defence Meets 3 Ambassadors
2014-08-22 Read More...
Qatar’s Minister of State for Defence Affairs Major General Hamad bin Ali Al-Attiyah on Wednesday held a meeting with the Kuwaiti Ambassador to the State of Qatar, Muteb Saleh Al-Mutoteh (photo), Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.

Qatar’s Defense Minister Meets Outgoing U.S. Ambassador
2014-08-08 Read More...
Qatar’s Minister of State for Defense Affairs Major-General Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah met Wednesday with outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Qatar Susan Laila Ziadeh on the occasion of ending her tenure in

Qatar-US Sign $11 Billion Arms Agreement
2014-07-16 Read More...
The United States has signed an agreement with Qatar to sell the Gulf Arab ally Apache attack helicopters and Patriot and Javelin air-defense systems valued at $11

Qatar to Host 47th World Military Sailing Championship
2014-07-10 Read More...
Qatar will host the 47th World Military Sailing Championship to be organized by the Military Sports Federation, at the Qatar Sailing Club from 21 to 30 November this

Qatar’s Emir Makes First Official Visit to France
2014-06-25 Read More...
HH the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrived in the French capital, Paris, Monday, on a two-day official visit to the French Republic. He was accompanied during the visit by an official delegation.

Qatari, Turkish Chiefs of Staff Meet in Ankara
2014-06-25 Read More...
Chief of the Turkish General Staff General Necdet Ozel met Monday with HE Chief of Staff Air Vice-Marshall Ghanim bin Shaheen Al-Ghanim (photo) who was on a visit to

Qatar Minister of State for Defense Affairs Meets US Official
2014-06-12 Read More...
Qatar’s Minister of State for Defense Affairs Major General Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah met here on Tuesday Anne W. Patterson, the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Senate Foreign Relations Committee (photo), now visiting Doha.

NSC to Develop Wargame Exercises for Qatar Armed Forces
2014-05-28 Read More...
NSC, a leading UK-based provider of simulation and analysis-driven training solutions, has won a three-year contract to develop and deliver wargaming exercises for the Qatar Armed

Airbus DS, Qatar MoI to Co-Develop Tetra over LTE
2014-05-21 Read More...
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) of Qatar and Airbus Defence and Space have agreed to build a partnership on the development of a Terrestrial Trunked Radio (Tetra) Group Communication over Long Term

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