Boeing Inks Contract to Provide Britain With 38 Apache Attack Choppers

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NATO forces in AH-64 Apache helicopters take part in Exercise Trident Juncture 2015, NATO's largest joint and combined military exercise in more than a decade, at the San Gregorio training grounds outside Zaragoza, Spain, November 4, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The US defense giant Boeing is set to provide the British military with 38 Apache attack copters, three Longbow crew trainers and associated spares, the US Department of Defense announced.

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Boeing has received a more than $410-million US Army foreign military sales contract to provide 38 Apache tactical ground-support helicopters and three Longbow crew trainers to the United Kingdom, according to the statement.

"The Boeing Company [of] Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $410.9 million… foreign military sales (UK) contract for 38 Apache aircraft, three Longbow crew trainers, and associated spares," the announcement stated on Friday.

Work on the contract will be performed in Mesa over the next five-and-a-half-years with an estimated completion date of February 28, 2023, the Defense Department added.

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