In Doha, the Fincantieri Group signed a memorandum of understanding of understanding with the Qatar Emiri Naval Forces with the aim of initiating a dialogue leading to new contracts for the provision of education and training state-of-the-art for QENF staff. The group and the Qatari Navy will continue their dialogue on the contents and modalities for Fincantieri can continue to deliver and improve the Italian modules leading the way in education and training with the support from the Italian authorities and other partners in the field of Defence.

In June 2016, the Armed Forces of Qatar and Fincantieri signed a contract for the construction of seven naval vessels and the provision of in-service support, integrated logistic support, technical training for crews and basic maintenance technicians, and operational training for crews and language courses for each ship, as well as food, lodging and related infrastructure. Fincantieri has already delivered six ships and disbursed part of the activities, including part of staff training of the Qatar Navy. Following up on training courses already successfully completed in Italy by Fincantieri, Focus on the operation of the combat system Italian on board the ships and consistent with the training tools already supplied, the Qatar Navy is interested in implement training and training programs for this purpose to maintain the skills acquired with continuous updates inside.