Qatar To Buy 24 Boeing Apache Choppers For $667 Million

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05:12 AM, June 8, 2016
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Boeing Apache Choppers for Qatar

Qatar will buy 24 Boeing AH-64E Apache Helicopters for $667 million in a Foreign Military Sales deal.

The deal includes a Longbow crew trainer, support equipment and Thales radios.

This is the single biggest helicopter order by the gulf country. It adds to a deal to buy 24 Dassault Rafale fighters last year.

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