Army to save 'over $330 million' on Apache multiyear

By Courtney McBride / March 28, 2017 at 10:49 AM
The Army is touting the cost savings generated by its first multiyear procurement contract for the latest model of its Apache attack helicopter. The service on March 15 announced a five-year contract with Boeing that would procure 244 AH-64E aircraft for the Army, as well as a concurrent foreign military sales procurement of 24 AH-64Es for Saudi Arabia. Col. Joseph Hoecherl, the Army's project manager for Apache, told reporters March 22: "The U.S. government portion of the contract is a...

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