Boeing F-15, F-18 lines poised to run into next decade with approval of $31B foreign sales

By Jason Sherman / November 18, 2016 at 10:37 AM
The Pentagon yesterday notified Congress of potential fighter aircraft sales to Kuwait and Qatar worth as much as $31.2 billion, deals that could extend Boeing's F-15 and F-18 manufacturing lines into the 2020s and buy the Navy time to consider additional Super Hornet or airborne electronic attack Growler purchases. On Nov. 17, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which handles government-to-government sales of military equipment for the Pentagon, announced that the State Department has approved the possible foreign military sales to...

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