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Boeing Wins $1.9Bln Contract to Build More Army Apache Combat Helicopters

Two AH-64E ApacheTwo AH-64E Apache - Sputnik International, 1920, 17.03.2023InternationalIndiaAfricaWASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Boeing has received an almost $2bln US Army contract to produce more Apache AH-64E ground support combat helicopters over the next five years, the Department of Defense announced in a press release.”The Boeing Company [of] Mesa, Arizona was awarded a $1,946,212,323 modification contract for the Apache AH-64E full-rate production,” the release said on Friday.Work on the contract extension will be performed in Mesa in the US state of Arizona over the next four and three quarter years with an estimated completion date of December 31, 2027, the Defense Department said.A Department of Defense plaque is seen outside the Pentagon in Washington, DC on October 6, 2021. - Sputnik International, 1920, 30.12.2022AmericasOne of Pentagon’s Biggest Budgets Ever: US Military Spending in 2023 to Hit Record High30 December 2022, 06:41 GMTProduction work on the contract will be overseen by the US Army Contracting Command based at Redstone Arsenal in the state of Alabama, the Defense Department said.

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