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Qatar Buys 24 AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters and 2,500 AGM-114R Hellfire Missiles

Editorial team May 13, 2019

DOHA, Qatar (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The U.S. State Department approved the sale of 24 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to Qatar at an estimated cost of $3 billion, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Defense Post. Qatar has…

Qatari Foreign Minister Called for the Effective Disarming of Khalifa Haftar

Editorial team Apr 17, 2019

TRIPOLI, Libya (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani called for the effective disarming of Khalifa Haftar, leader of Libyan National Army, and the withdrawal of his troops from its…

Fincantieri Boasted of the Keel Laying Ceremony of Its First Doha-Class Corvette

Editorial team Dec 3, 2018

TRIESTE, Italy (BulgarianMilitary.com) – At the beginning of last week Fincantieri announced that the keel laying ceremony of the first Doha-class corvette, which was ordered to the company by the Qatari Defence Ministry within the…

Fincantieri Starts Building the First of the Doha Class Corvettes Ordered by Qatar

Editorial team Aug 2, 2018

TRIESTE, Italy (BulgarianMilitary.com), 2 August 2018, Editor: Galina Zdravkova, Photo credit: Fincantieri/The official ceremony for the start of building of the first of the Doha class corvettes for the Qatari Navy On 30th July 2018,…

Safran’s RTM322 Engines Selected for the New NH90s of Qatar

Editorial team Apr 3, 2018

PARIS (France), April 3, 2018, Author: Galina Zdravkova (Bm), Photo: © Airbus Helicopters The newly acquired twenty-eight NH90 helicopters of Qatar will be equipped with RTM322 engines, said Safran on March 28. Safran Helicopter…

Qatar Down Paid for 12 More Rafale Fighters

Editorial team Apr 3, 2018

PARIS (France), March 30, 2018, Author: Galina Zdravkova (Bm), Photo: Dassault Qatar down paid for twelve more Dassault Rafale jet fighters, reported Defense News. “The exercise of the option for the purchase of 12 additional Rafale…