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State Department Approves $3 Billion AH-64E Sale To Qatar

State Department Approves $3 Billion AH-64E Sale To Qatar
AH 64E ground to air shoot in the Arizona desert (Photo: Boeing)

The State Department has approved a $3 billion sale of 24 Boeing [BA] AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and related equipment, such as the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight (MTADS), to Qatar. Last year, the department approved a $1 billion sale of 10 of the helicopters to Egypt and a $242 million sale of 17 of the rotorcraft to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)--nine re-manufactured models and eight new ones. That sale came under some fire from…

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