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From right: Pasquale Di Bartolomeo, Leonardo’s Chief Commercial Officer; H.E. Maj. Gen. (Sea) Abdullah bin Hassan Al Sulaiti, Commander of QENF; Lorenzo Mariani, MBDA Italy Chief Executive Officer.
  • The announcement was made at DIMDEX, the flagship regional event for the international maritime defence and security, going on in Doha until March 23
  • Leonardo, a high-tech global company, is one of the top companies in the world in the sector of Aerospace

Leonardo, a high-tech global aerospace company, will provide the Qatari Emiri Naval Forces (QENF) with a Naval Operation Centre (NOC) to ensure monitoring and control of territorial waters and to enhance cooperation with other national agencies in charge of maritime security. 

The Centre will  will work for the full integration of air and maritime components.

The announcement was made Tuesday at DIMDEX, the flagship regional event for the international maritime defence and security, going on in Doha until March 23.

Under the agreement, the NOC will provide command, control and coordination of operations at sea allowing the Armed Force to carry out integrated monitoring by exploiting the high level of cooperation between all the sensors on the field.

The QENF will thus have a full integrated situational awareness to support all operational and tactical stakeholders’ decision making process and rapid interventions along the entire chain of command.

Leonardo, a high-tech global company, is one of the top companies in the world in the sector of Aerospace, Defence and Security and the leading Italian industrial company. Organised in five commercial divisions, Leonardo has a significant industrial presence in Italy, the United Kingdom, Poland and the USA where it also operates with subsidiaries such as Leonardo DRS (defence electronics) and some joint ventures.