Boeing given contract to sell 24 AH-64Es to Qatar

The U.S. government has given Boeing a $667 million contract to supply 24 AH-64E attack helicopters to Qatar. Approval of the sale came through in 2014.

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With the sale, Qatar joins Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Taiwan as foreign operators of the latest Apache model.