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Boeing Gets Contracts To Build F-15s For Qatar, KC-46 For Japan

Boeing Gets Contracts To Build F-15s For Qatar, KC-46 For Japan
Boeing's F-15. Photo: Boeing.

Boeing [BA] has formally snagged two major foreign orders for military planes: F-15QA fighters for Qatar and a KC-46 tanker for Japan.The Pentagon announced Dec. 22 that Boeing was awarded a $6.2 billion contract to build 36 F-15QAs for the Qatar Emiri Air Force by the end of 2022. The F-15QA will be the Qatari version of the Advanced F-15, a new, upgraded variant of the F-15.The award came a little more than a year after the U.S. government indicated…

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