At Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX), Safran Aircraft Engines and the Qatar Armed Forces have signed a services agreement to support M88 engines powering Qatar’s current fleet of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft.
This services agreement provides the Qatar Armed Forces with a wide-range of services, from spares, repairs and overhauls to detailed technical on-site support, optimising maintenance operations with the customer.
“Safran Aircraft Engines has been a key partner supporting the Qatar Armed Forces successful operations for more than four-decades,” confirmed Brig. (Air) KHALID SAED AL HAMAD Commander, Air Support and Logistics Command of the Qatar Armed Forces. “We are delighted to strengthening our long-term partnership with the company through this agreement and we look forward to seeing the benefits brought by Safran Aircraft Engines for our flight operations support.”
The Qatar Armed Forces have been operating M53-powered Mirage 2000 jet fighter for more than 25 years. It also operated Mirage F1 aircraft powered by the ATAR 9K engine as well as Alphajet trainer/light attack aircraft equipped with Larzac engines. In 2015, Qatar Armed Forces was the second export customer of the Rafale powered by Safran’s M88 engines.
