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ARES on Track to Deliver Qatar Patrol Boats
Turkish shipbuilder ARES Shipyard is on track to supply the Qatari Coasts and Borders Security Department with 17 craft from the company’s Hercules range of multirole patrol vessels. The Qatari Ministry of Interior contracted ARES in April 2014 to supply five ARES 75, 10 ARES 110, and two ARES 150 craft, along with training services […]
BMT Partners with Ares Shipyard to Deliver 17 Patrol Boats for Qatar Coastguard
BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, is pleased to announce its latest partnership with Ares Shipyard (Ares) to design and build seventeen patrol boats from advanced composites, for the Qatar Coastguard. This order comprises three different vessel sizes: five of 23 metres capable of speed in excess of 37 knots, 10 of 33 metres capable of […]
$23.9B in Deals Announced on Last Day of Dimdex
The Qatari Armed Forces today announced deals with US weapons manufactures worth US $7.6 billion, including Apache helicopters, Javelin missiles and PAC 3 Patriot systems. The deals, announced at the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition (DIMDEX), came in a string of announcements publicized on the last day of the show totaling 87 billion Qatar rials […]
Qatar’s Arms Bonanza
Growing concerns over Iran’s nuclear program and other potential military threats from Tehran have made the Middle East one of the most active arms markets in world. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the Middle East was the second largest market for major arms imports in 2013. A week ago, the small Gulf nation […]