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MBDA Signs Memo To Supply Qatar With Coastal Defense System

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MBDA Signs Memo To Supply Qatar With Coastal Defense System
Left to right: Antonio Perfetti, Executive Group Director Sales and Business Development at MBDA; Antoine Bouvier, CEO of MBDA; and General Ibrahim Saad Al Kubaisi, deputy commander of the Qatar Emiri Naval Force signed the Memorandum of Understanding on a new Missile Coastal Defence System. Photo: MBDA.

MBDA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Qatar to supply a coastal defense system for the Qatar Emiri Naval Force (QENF), allowing for a $725 million contract in the short term, the company said Wednesday.The coastal defense system will allow the QENF to monitor maritime coastal traffic and prevent hostile ships from reaching and threatening Qatar’s territorial waters.MBDA highlighted the coastal defense system can deploy two munitions: Exocet MM40 Block 3 and Marte ER (extended range…

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