Qatar Armed Forces

Que d'humilité, Ekber Onuk est à peine visible (1er photo, tout à gauche, derrière).

Personne ne le salira sur ce forum   

"A la prochaine DIMDEX, nous espérons amorcer de nouvelles coopérations avec le Qatar" (SSM Murad Bayar).

Est-ce qu'il y a le deal corvette que j'attends depuis si longtemps ? Wait & see.

Shoot en direct d'une cible volante par un M2000 Qatari (les choses serieuses commence a la 9 éme minute)    Vidéo intéressante

indeed belle video,tir Magic+Mica EM(a 9,6 NM),ce qu´on aimerait bien voir une telle video des FRA..
impact Mica

Le plus impressionnant reste le corsair toujours en etat de vol ... C'est quel cocarde dessus ?? Parce que sur telephone ce n'est tres visible

corsair est grec,ca se passe a tanagra AB en grece
les corsair devaient etre retirés en 2013 d´apres un article ici because of la crise

Et j'aurais jamais imaginé que une cible peut voler aussi haut dans le ciel   
Sa doit etre le must des cibles volantes ce bordel orange , je m'y connais pas mais sa m'a surprit quand je l'ai vu a cette altitude

Yakuza a écrit:

corsair est grec,ca se passe a tanagra AB en grece
les corsair devaient etre retirés en 2013 d´apres un article ici because of la crise

Ah oui c'est bel et bien vrai !
Mais qu'est ce que ça leur aurai été rentable de moderniser leur Mirage F1 à leur époque et de les garder en service au lieu des corsaires dont les pièces n'ont de place que dans les musées désormais.

Goldman Sachs etait contre   

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Yonca-Onuk JV delivers first ONUK MRTP 34 patrol boat to Qatar Navy

Turkish shipbuilding company Yonca Onuk on December 24, 2013 delivered to the Navy of Qatar in Tuzla (Istanbul) the first MRTP 34 Fast Patrol Craft. The Turkish shipyard signed in early 2012 a contract to deliver three units of ONUK MRTP34 Fast Patrol/Attack Craft and three units of ONUK MRTP16 Fast Intervention Craft to the Qatar Armed Forces.



Turkish shipbuilding company Yonca Onuk on December 24, 2013 delivered to the Navy of Qatar in Tuzla (Istanbul) the first MRTP 34 Fast Patrol Craft. The Turkish shipyard signed in early 2012 a contract to deliver three units of ONUK MRTP34 Fast Patrol/Attack Craft and three units of ONUK MRTP16 Fast Intervention Craft to the Qatar Armed Forces.
ONUK MRTP34 Fast Patrol Boat

MRTP 34 Patrol Boats, which Qatar is the first customer, are slightly modified and extended version of the previously build MRTP 33. MRTP 33 has already been selected by Turkish and international customers. Length of MRTP 34 is 40 meters, width 6.94 m. Full speed is 42 knots. The MRTP 34 delivered to Qatar is fitted with an Aselsan 30mm stabilized remote weapon station.

http://www.navyrecognition.com

VAB

M2000, A-Jet et C17

En ce moment, il doit faire ses essais en mer, sera livré ce mois ou mars (I guess).

MRTP-34 :

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First Qatari PC-21 enters ground test

Pilatus on 20 February conducted the first engine ground runs with a PC-21 turboprop trainer for export buyer Qatar.

Pictured at the Swiss manufacturer's Stans production facility, aircraft QA 350 is the lead trainer from a 24-unit deal signed in July 2012. This also includes ground-based training systems and associated equipment for use at a new training academy for the Qatar Emiri Air Force, plus maintenance services.

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Stephan Widmer

The PC-21's entry into ground testing comes ahead of scheduled deliveries from mid-2014. Training activities with the type are due to commence during 2015, according to information previously provided by the manufacturer. All 24 aircraft are due to be delivered before the end of the same year, according to Flightglobal's MiliCAS database.

Qatar will become the fifth nation to introduce the new-generation PC-21, following Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.

http://www.flightglobal.com

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DIMDEX: Qatar signs for new fast patrol craft




The Qatar Coast Guard has signed a deal with Turkish company Ares Shipyard for the delivery of a number of new high speed vessels to further bolster its capabilities.
The contract for 17 vessels was signed on the second day of DIMDEX in Doha.

http://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/dimdex-qatar-signs-new-fast-patrol-craft/

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Qatar Coast Guard Services orders 17 new fast patrol boats from ARES Shipyard at DIMDEX 2014


Today at DIMDEX 2014, the Naval Defence and Maritime Security exhibition currently held in Doha, the Qatar Coast Guard Services placed an order for 17 new fast patrol boast from Turkish company ARES Shipyard.
   
Deputy of Director Logistics Department, Brig. Abdullah Saad Al Kharji, representing the Ministry of Interior for the State of Qatar and Kerim Kalafatoglu, Chairman & Executive Director for ARES Shipyard signing the Memorandum of Understanding during DIMDEX 2014
Deputy of Director Logistics Department, Brig. Abdullah Saad Al Kharji, representing the Ministry of Interior for the State of Qatar and Kerim Kalafatoglu, Chairman & Executive Director for ARES Shipyard signing the Memorandum of Understanding during DIMDEX 2014
   
Further expanding on business relations between Qatar and Turkey, Deputy of Director Logistics Department, Brig. Abdullah Saad Al Kharji, representing the Ministry of Interior for the State of Qatar and Kerim Kalafatoglu, Chairman & Executive Director for ARES Shipyard, today signed an initial Memorandum of Understanding to deliver 17 new fast patrol boats within the next 56 months for the Qatar Coast Guard Services. ARES Shipyard are a specialist composite boat builder (though they also build in aluminium and steel) located on the southern shores of Turkey, in the Antalya Free-Zone.

The deal of 17 vessels consists in 10x "ARES 110 Hercules" multi-role patrol craft, 5x "ARES 75 Hercules" multi-role patrol craft and 2x "ARES 150 Hercules" multi-role patrol craft. These Fast Patrol Boats will be constructed using advanced composite materials and are expected to be completed within the next 5 years.
   
The "ARES 110 Hercules" multi-role patrol craft model at DIMDEX 2014
The "ARES 110 Hercules" multi-role patrol craft model at DIMDEX 2014
   
The "ARES 110 Hercules" multi-role patrol craft is intended for littoral and coastal waters law-enforcement, open sea rescue operations and naval duties. It is 33 meters in length and displaces 117 tons. Its maximum speed is 47 knots.
   

   
The smaller "ARES 75 Hercules" multi-role patrol craft is also intended for littoral and coastal waters law-enforcement, open sea rescue operations and naval duties. It is 23 meters in length and displaces 58 tons. Its maximum speed is 52 knots.
 
 
   
The much larger "ARES 150 Hercules" multi-role patrol craft is intended for offshore and littoral waters law-enforcement, open sea rescue operations and naval duties. It is 46 meters in length and displaces 245 tons. Its maximum speed is 40 knots.

Navy Recognition learned during DIMDEX that Qatar Coast Guard Services has not made a final decision yet on sensors and weapon systems for the 3 types of vessels.

http://www.navyrecognition.com

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Le Qatar veut acheter des avions ravitailleurs MRTT à Airbus (et des NH90)

Le Qatar a signé une lettre d'intention pour l’achat de 22 NH90 (Airbus, AgustaWestland, Fokker) a aussi l'intention d'acheter 2 avions ravitailleurs MRTT, a indiqué le ministère français de la Défense.

Quelques jours après la visite en France du ministre qatari de la Défense, le général Al Atiya, où son homologue français, Jean-Yves Le Drian lui avait présenté les hélicoptères de transport militaire NH90 et les frégates construites à Brest, le Qatar a signé une lettre d'intention pour l'achat de 22 NH90 pour près de deux milliards d'euros à un consortium européen emmené par Airbus Group, a annoncé jeudi le ministère français de la Défense. Dans le détail, il s'agit de 12 NH90 pour le transport tactique et de 10 exemplaires de la version de lutte anti-sous-marine. L'accord comprend également des prestations d'accompagnement et de formation, a précisé le ministère de la Défense.

Client potentiel du Rafale

Lancé en 1992, le programme NH90 (pour NATO Helicopter), est construit par six pays européens, dont la France, l'Allemagne et l'Italie et assemblé dans six usines dont une en Finlande et une en Australie. L'hélicoptère est produit par la société NHIndustries, basée à Aix-en-Provence, dont Airbus Helicopters (ex-Eurocopter) détient 62%, l'italien AgustaWestland (groupe Finmeccanica ) 32% et le néerlandais Fokker Aerostructures le solde.

Le pays du Golfe, partenaire commercial de longue date de la France, a également l'intention d'acquérir deux avions ravitailleurs MRTT dérivés d'A330 d'Airbus, a précisé le ministère à l'issue d'une visite de Jean-Yves Le Drian à Doha.

Le Qatar est également considéré, avec l'Inde, comme l'un des client potentiels prometteurs pour le premier contrat à l'export de l'avion de combat Rafale de Dassault Aviation .

Paris intensifie également sa campagne d'exportation de l'avion transport militaire A400M d'Airbus Group construit avec six autres pays de l'Otan, dont la Turquie, après les deux premières livraisons à l'armée française l'an passé

http://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/aeronautique-defense/20140327trib000822269/le-qatar-veut-acheter-des-avions-ravitailleurs-mrtt-a-airbus-et-des-nh90.html

Avec les dernières tensions entre voisins membres du CCG, les industriels de l'armement doivent se frotter les mains et sabrer des caisses de bouteilles de champagnes!!!

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Le Qatar veut acheter 22 hélicoptères européens

Le Qatar a signé une lettre d'intention pour l'achat de 22 hélicoptères européens, pour près de deux milliards d'euros, a annoncé jeudi à Paris le ministère de la Défense.



Deux milliards d'euros. C'est le montant de la facture que le Qatar devra honorer s'il confirme l'achat de 22 hélicoptères européens NH90, des appareil de 11 tonnes qui peuvent voler à près de 300 km/h.

La commande potentielle prévoit douze de ces hélicoptères en version TTH (transport tactique) et dix en version NFH (lutte anti-surface et anti-sous-marine). Le NH90 est produit par NHIndustrie, un consortium européen qui rassemble Airbus Helicopters (ex Eurocopter), le groupe italien AgustaWestland et le néerlandais Fokker Aerostructure. Il a déjà été livré ou est en cours de livraison à l'Allemagne, l'Australie, la Suède, la Finlande, l'Italie, les Pays-Bas, la France (42 appareils d'ici à 2019), à Oman ou encore la Grèce. Le ministère a également indiqué que les Qataris avaient annoncé leur intention d'acquérir deux avions MRTT, des avions de ravitaillement en vol et de transport produits par Airbus Group.



La semaine dernière, le ministre de la défense Jean-Yves Le Drian avait accompagné son homologue du Qatar, le général Khaled Al Attiyah, à Brest, à bord d'un NH90 pour lui présenter les caractéristiques de l'appareil. La lettre d'intention d'achat doit comprendre des prestations d'accompagnement, de type soutien et formation, selon le ministère.

Le Qatar est considéré, avec l'Inde, comme l'un des clients potentiels de l'avion de combat français Rafale, qui jusqu'à présent n'a jamais été vendu à l'export.

http://lexpansion.lexpress.fr/actualite-economique/le-qatar-veut-acheter-22-helicopteres-europeens_1504039.html

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Qatar buys helicopters, missiles in $23-billion deals


Qatar announced contracts worth about $23-billion (U.S.) on Thursday to buy attack helicopters, guided missiles, tankers and other weapons from Boeing Co., Airbus SAS and other arms makers as the Gulf state accelerates its military build-up.

The world’s top liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter announced deals with about 20 global companies, including firms from the United States which were awarded deals worth 27.5 billion riyals ($7.6-billion), said a spokeswoman for a Doha defense conference where the announcements were made.

The weapons purchases include large deals with Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and others.

Qatar, and other Gulf Arab and Middle Eastern countries are looking to acquire new high-tech military equipment to protect themselves from neighbouring Iran and internal threats after the Arab Spring uprising.

Boeing confirmed that the announcement included a contract to buy 24 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and three Boeing 737 Airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft.

The deal for the helicopters was valued at 8.9 billion riyals, said the spokeswoman for the conference.

In Paris, France’s Defense Ministry said Qatar had agreed to buy 22 NH90 military helicopters from a unit of European aerospace group Airbus worth €2-billion ($2.76-billion) and two Airbus-made refuelling tankers.

NHIndustries is 62.5 per cent owned by Airbus’ Eurocopter helicopter unit, 32 per cent owned by AgustaWestland, a unit of Italy Finmeccanica’s and 5.5 per cent by Stork Fokker.

Qatar also committed to buy a Patriot missile defence system built by Raytheon equipped with PAC-3 missiles made by Lockheed; advanced daytime, high-definition sensors and radars for Apache helicopters; and Javelin missiles built by a Lockheed-Raytheon joint venture, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Raytheon had told analysts in January that it expected to finalize an order with Qatar in the first half of 2014 for more than $2-billion in Patriot missile defence system equipment.

The Pentagon approved the sale to Qatar of $9.9-billion worth of Patriot fire units, radars, and various Raytheon and Lockheed missiles in November 2012.

The Defense Security Co-operation Agency, the U.S. body which oversees foreign arms sales, had notified lawmakers in July 2012 of a possible sale of Apache helicopters to Qatar.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. agency had no immediate comment.

Washington has been keen to deepen its co-operation with Gulf nations, which have been long-standing allies, on missile defence and increase pressure on Iran over its nuclear program.

The Apache helicopters are built by Boeing and used by the U.S. Army, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom.

They will be fitted with Longbow radar equipment made by a joint venture of Lockheed and Northrop Grumman Corp.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com

CCG devraient reflechir au devellopement d'une industrie militaire, au vue de leurs besoin gargentuesques en matiere d armement   

C'est pas tant eux qui ont besoin d'armes, que les vendeurs qui ont besoin de commandes...

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Qatar's Defense Spending Spree on Display at DIMDEX



DOHA, QATAR — For proof of Qatar’s military spending spree, look no further than last week’s defense expo here.
The peninsula state, and the world’s top liquefied natural gas exporter, announced contracts worth $23 billion on the last day of the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition (DIMDEX), to buy attack helicopters, guided missiles and other weapons from 20 companies, including Boeing, Airbus and other arms makers as the Arabian Gulf state accelerates its military buildup.
Commenting on the purchases, Brigadier Thani al-Kuwari, the Qatari assistant minister of state for defense affairs and chairman of DIMDEX, called the 2014 edition of the show the best to date.
“We greatly appreciate the support we have received from our sponsors, partners, all related governmental and non-governmental institutions,” he said. “This week has been about building on our existing relationships as well as building new relationships, broadening our knowledge in the advancement of new technologies, and establishing partnerships with the world’s leading experts in order to better the position of the State of Qatar.”
Despite Qatar’s most recent political turmoil within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), analysts see the purchases as necessary for the state’s defensive posture. Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain recalled their ambassadors from Qatar for the first time since the formation of the 33-year-old GCC in what was described as Qatar’s support for the Muslim Brotherhood and the gulf state’s involvement in regional conflicts.
“Qatar’s spending spree at the DIMDEX exhibition not only highlights their defensive posture through the purchase of 17 fast attack boats and 24 Apache AH-64D helicopters, but also their commitment to international players such as the US and Turkey, something which in recent times is a bit of a sore point,” said Matthew Hedges, an analyst at the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis.
Hedges added that the Qatari Armed Forces will never be extensive and able to project power beyond the country’s borders. Yet the recent purchases will help strengthen its defensive posture and signify that the Qataris believe they will be able to project power beyond their borders someday.
“The intense cooperation with the US highlights that the announced US strategy of dealing with the GCC region as a whole has become a failure due to regional rifts,” he said.
Despite that, the US believes strongly that this rift will be weathered.
Vice Adm. John Miller, head of the US Navy’s 5th Fleet, said America’s most important role there is providing leadership.
“I see that role as a growing role over time, and it will become more important. It has grown over the last two years, and I think it is going to continue to grow,” he said.
“We bring a certain amount of firepower to the maritime security role, the sort of backbone that is important,” Miller added. “But the most important thing we provide, really, is leadership, and that allows the entire GCC to weather the storms that are inevitable in any sort of relationship, and we will see that this time, I think, as we all have,” he said.
The timing of the announcements, Hedges said, after the recent Arab League meeting in Kuwait highlights the fact that Qatar is ignoring the tension caused by its support of the Muslim Brotherhood, and as a result, it is strengthening its armed forces.
Qatar has been embarking on an ambitious military expansion program for a number of years under its National Security Shield Project. According to Naval Brigadier Tariq al-Obaidli, the assistant directer of the project, Qatar’s huge oil and natural gas reserves and its reliance on sea trade make maritime defense of paramount importance to the country.
“This explains why maritime defense is very important to us,” he said.
The future capabilities needed include larger ships that can travel up to 30 knots with a range of up to 5,000 nautical miles. Qatar also needs minesweepers, attack helicopters, ISR aircraft, UAVs and unmanned surface vehicles, he said.
“The challenges are varied and include terrorist acts in the sea, destruction of pipelines, drug trafficking, piracy, illegal fishing, and oil and gas leakage, among others,” al-Obaidli said.

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140329/DEFREG04/303290020/Qatar-s-Defense-Spending-Spree-Display-DIMDEX

3 B737 AEWC dans le deal,le message passe a riadh (pas besoin de ton bouclier)
j´ai quelques attentes de ce gros deal..

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Pakistan can offer ‘30% less’ price on warships to Qatar

Pakistan can deliver ships of any size “minus the aircraft carrier” to Gulf countries, especially Qatar, at 30% less construction cost than what Western manufacturers offer, a senior Pakistani official has said.

In an interview, Rear Admiral Syed Hasan Nasir Shah, who is a serving Pakistan Navy officer and managing director of Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW), said his organisation’s various international certifications prove that the country’s ship- and submarine-building capacity is on a par with the best in the world.

Pakistan has only one shipyard, the KSEW, which comes under its Ministry of Defence Production. Even though its naval forces boast of an impressive array of indigenously built fleet of warships and submarines, the country today is known more for its ship-breaking industry at Gadani than its modern facilities at the KSEW.

When asked how the KSEW plans to create a space for itself in the extremely competitive environment, Shah said his shipyard offers many advantages to potential customers in the Gulf, least of which is geographical proximity.

“The best advantage of our shipyard is in the quality of our manpower and affordability in terms of man hours,” he said.

He explained that these days, around 40% of the total cost of building a ship in Europe goes into the material for electronics, weapons and auxiliary systems. The remaining 60% goes into manpower and construction.

“Our edge is that we can cut the cost of that 60% into half. So, if you want to buy a ship of European standard, you will not only get the best of the world from our Karachi shipyard, but also be able to save 30% on the cost of construction. That is the promise I am making to our friends in the Gulf region, especially in our interactions with senior Qatari officials,” he said.

About the types of ships that can be built, the senior official said: “We can build any ship in the world minus the aircraft carrier. We can build a deep-sea submarine or frigate-sized warship. We are not into making Very Large Crude Carriers or the Ultra Large Crude Carriers, but we can do that, too, if we wanted because they are the easiest ships to make… they are like building shoe boxes.”

Since it was established in 1956, the shipyard has built more than 440 ships and repaired over 500 others.

At the moment, the KSEW is not so much in the international competition. Though it has orders to build ships within the country, it is still lacking in bagging orders from abroad.

“KSEW in the last eight years has delivered state-of-the-art frigate, missile crafts and harbour utility vessels. Currently, we are building a massive 17,000-tonne fleet tanker, which even most top shipbuilders are not making today,” he said.

The official hinted that ship deals also had to do more with government-to-government relations and economy of the country. Nonetheless, he added that the shipyard had recently given detailed proposals to clients in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, though a deal was yet to conclude there.

In the past, though, the KSEW has built ships for Gulf countries. “We have in the past delivered ships to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. In fact, the first Baynunah-class ship was made in (the) Karachi shipyard in the early ‘70s for the UAE. When Sheikh Zayed bin Nahyan came to Karachi to take possession of the ship, it was a historic day for us.”

http://www.gulf-times.com