The first Typhoon aircraft has been delivered to the Qatar Armed Forces at a roll-out ceremony hosted by Cliff Robson, BAE Systems Group, Managing Director Air. The event was held at BAE Systems’ facility in Warton, United Kingdom, under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah, Qatar’s ...
The Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, and his Qatar counterpart, HE Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, have announced an expansion of the relationship between each nation’s air force. As part of the agreement, RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire will become the British base for the new UK – Qatar joint Hawk ...
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his Qatari counterpart have committed to strengthening the UK-Qatar defence relationship following a joint visit to RAF Coningsby. During a tour of the base, which is already home to the UK-Qatar joint Typhoon squadron, the two Defence Ministers signed a Statement of Intent setting out how ...
Construction has begun on a new technical institute that will provide specialist training for the Qatar armed forces. BAE Systems is constructing the new technical institute for the Qatar armed forces which had a groundbreaking ceremony in Doha. At the ceremony, a symbolic stone was placed by Staff Lieutenant General (Pilot) His Excellency ...