15-Mar-23 - Qatar NH90s reached 1,000 flight hours in first year showing an average serviceability above 80%. The helicopters are used in troop transport and utility, search and rescue and surveillance #NH90
07-Apr-22 - Leonardo delivered first 2 of 12 NH90 NFH naval helicopters to Qatar Emiri Air Force from its Venice Tessera facility. Airbus France delivered the first of 16 TTH last December 2021 #Qatar
04-Jan-22 - NHI delivered the first NH90 TTH and NFH helicopters to the Qatar Emiri Air Force. Leonardo Italy delivered the first navalized helicopter and Airbus France the first one for land operations #NH90
02-Apr-21 - The Apache International Office’ New Equipment Training (NET) currently support Qatar Emiri Air Force, UK’ Royal Air Force and Saudi Ministry of National Guard to learn the Boeing AH-64E Apache V6 differences #Version6
24-Dec-19 - Boeing awarded a 5-year Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract valued $1.5B in support services of AH-64D/E Apaches for Indonesia, Israel, Kuwait, Netherlands, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates #Apache
17-May-19 - The Qatar Air Force, which just started receiving the first of 24 AH-64 Guardian Apaches ordered in 2014 received U.S. State Department approval for additional 24 helicopters and 2500 Hellfire missiles in a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) valued $3.0 billion #Qatar
18-Jul-18 - LONGBOW LLC, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, awarded $170M contract to provide AH-64E Apache’ Fire Control Radar for US Army, British Army, Qatar and Saudi Arabia #avionics
28-Mar-18 - Qatar selected the Safran-built RTM322 turboshaft engines for their new NH90. This helicopter can also be powered by the General Electric T700-T6E engine