06 March 2024
by Jeremy Binnie
An Arquus-upgraded VAB on display at the Milipol Qatar show held in Doha in May 2022. (Arquus)
French armoured vehicle company Arquus announced during the DIMDEX 2024 show held in Doha from 4 to 6 March that it had secured an additional contract to upgrade more of the Qatar Emiri Land Forces’ (QELF’s) Véhicule de l’Avant Blindé (VAB) armoured personnel carriers (APCs).
It said that the contract covers 54 VABs in addition to the 126 it has already modernised in France since 2018. An Arquus representative told Janes that a letter of intent was signed during the show, not a contract, and that the work will be carried out in Qatar using parts shipped from France.
An earlier Arquus press release included photographs of French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu at the VAB assembly line that has been set up at a Qatari military base during a visit in July 2023.
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