The Pentagon has awarded a foreign military sales contract to Raytheon to support Qatar Air and Missile Defense Operation Center (ADOC), the Department of defense said Wednesday.
“Raytheon Co. - Integrated Defense System, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $49,400,000 modification (P00017) to a previously awarded contract (FA8730-15-C-0002) for the Qatar Air and Missile Defense Operation Center (ADOC),” the statement says.
The contract modification is for the procurement of the Qatar ADOC integrated air and missile defense integration and material, according to the release.
Work will be performed in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed by May 31, 2020.
Qatari Defense Minister on Tuesday said that the country is eyeing NATO membership. "Regarding the membership, we are a main ally from outside the NATO… the ambition is full membership if our partnership with NATO develops and our vision is clear,” Defense Minister Khalid al-Attiyah said in an interview with Altalaya, the official magazine of the Qatari Defense Ministry,
Raytheon has won $242 million contract to supply Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2 guided missile round pack, missile ordnance alterations, and spares to US Navy and Qatar for fiscal 2018. RAM is a missile system designed to provide anti-ship missile defense for multiple ship platforms
Raytheon Missile Company has been awarded a $523,148,647 contract modification for Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM) production Lot 31. This modification provides for AMRAAM Production Lot 32 for the production of the AMRAAM missile and other AMRAAM system items
Qatar has launched Barzan Holdings, the first defence and Security Company responsible for empowering the military capabilities of the Qatar Armed Forces, during the on-going DIMDEX 2018, Dohas daily The Peninsula reports. The Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State for Defence Affairs and Chairman of Barzan Holdings, H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah, stated that Barzan Holdings main objective is to meet Qatars long-term defence and security needs, and is strengthening Qatars future by setting a road map for Qatars military and security industries
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