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 by Sam Howard Washington (UPI) Dec 27, 2018
The Army has contracted Boeing to conduct maintenance on the Qatari air force's AH-64E helicopters. The roughly $49.2 million deal will fund services conducted by a Maintenance Augmentation Team, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The full $49.2 million will be obligated at the time of the award using the Army's fiscal 2018 operations and maintenance funds. The Defense Department expects work to conclude by July 2024. The AH-64Es, also known as Apaches, are helicopters that typically carry AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rocket pods. They have four blades and are rotary-winged.
Raytheon to provide repairs for F/A-18 infrared targeting pods Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2018 Raytheon has been awarded $65.6 million for repairs on the Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared systems used on the F/A-18 fighter aircraft. Work on the contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is expected run through December 2020, and will mostly be preformed in Texas and Florida. The AFLIR is an infrared sensor pod designed to detect enemy aircraft, vessels and other targets emitting a heat signature from engines. Raytheon claims that AFLIR can spot targets ove ... read more
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