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 QATAR SIGNS $322m DEAL WITH EADS |
ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Qatar has signed a $322 million military contract with
EADS.Qatar said the 240 million euro contract stipulated that EADS would
establish a command, control, communications, computers and intelligence
network to protect strategic sites as well as monitor infiltration attempts.
The Qatari military said the C4I system would bolster security along the
emirate's borders."The project provides for comprehensive system of surveillance and
protection networks, consisting of several state-of-the-art electronic
surveillance stations distributed along the coastline and territorial
waters," the official Qatar News Agency said.The emirate said the contract was signed on May 30 during a visit to
Paris by Qatari Emir Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani. Over the weekend, Qatar
announced an order of 60 Airbus 350 aircraft from Airbus, a subsidiary of
EADS.
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