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Army Pursuing Multi-Year Deal For Boeing Apache Helicopters

Pat Host

Thursday, January 29th, 2015

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Army Pursuing Multi-Year Deal For Boeing Apache Helicopters

Apache Attack Helicopter. Photo: Boeing

The Army is pursuing a multi-year deal with Boeing [BA] to procure between 240 and 450 AH-64E Echo variant Apache helicopters that could be worth between $5 billion and $10 billion depending on quantity, according to a service spokeswoman.Army spokeswoman Sofia Bledsoe said Thursday in an email the procurement would also involve Apaches for potential Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Army Apache Program Manager Col. Jeff Hager said Wednesday at a Boeing event the multi-year deal would run from 2017…

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