The German government has approved arms exports worth about 1.6 billion euros in 2020 to Middle Eastern countries, these countries later transferred German-made arms to the conflicts in Yemen and Libya. The government approved exports […]
Aerospace giant Boeing has won three foreign military sales contracts valued at as much as $800 million for training services and support Qatari Emiri Air Force’s F-15QA. Boeing today acknowledged three foreign military sales contracts […]
Qatar has embarked on one of the most ambitious armament programmes seen in the Middle East in recent times. Its armed forces are growing exponentially as its air force increases in size from 12 to […]
The Qatar Emiri Air Force’s NH90 helicopter programme marked a major milestone last week with first flights performed in Italy and France. The first NH90 NATO frigate helicopter (NFH), assembled at Leonardo’s Venice Tessera facility, […]
Sabah Al-Binali on how a Dubai family business hooked up with OurCrowd, a $1.5 billion-dollar Israeli firm. Sabah Al-Binali has a reputation in the Arab world as a straight-talking deal-doer, with a long record of […]
Qatar and Saudi Arabia are close to striking a preliminary agreement to end a dispute that has pitted the Gulf neighbours against each other for more than three years, reports Al Jazeera. Expected deal comes […]
Boeing today announced that it had received a contract to train Qatar Emiri Air Force crews and support F-15QA valued at more than $800 million. The first previously unannounced contract was awarded in 2019 and […]
The UK and Qatar have signed a statement of intent to boost defence ties between the two countries. It was signed by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Qatar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Khalid bin […]
British manufacturers exported £11bn worth of arms during 2019 – the second highest figure on record – despite a court order that the UK must halt any sales to Saudi Arabia that could be used in Yemen. […]
The United States hopes to move ahead with plans to name Qatar as a major, non-NATO ally, a status that provides foreign nations with benefits in defence trade and security cooperation with Washington, a senior […]
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