Qatar Army, Airbus and military transport aircraftnote

Qatari Minister of State for Defense Affairs Khaled Al-Attiyah met with President of Airbus Defense and Space Jean-Marc Nasr in Doha earlier this week.

There is talk that they have talked about military transport aircraft, since the Qatari Defense Ministry has a project to buy military transport aircraft in favor of the Qatar Army.

What type of military transport aircraft the Qataris are interested in?

How many aircraft does the Qatar Army need?

These questions and more are answered in the following 288-word report.

[Partly reproduced in TR Defense Weekly Issue No 27/02 – January 10, 2020]

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