DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Wins $658 Million In Apache Helicopter Orders
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 6, 2012: Boeing Co (BA) has won two U.S.Army orders worth $658 million for work on AH-64D Apache Block III helicopters for the U.S. military and Taiwan, the Pentagon said on Friday.
In a daily digest of major arms contracts, the Defense Department said Boeing had won a firm, fixed-price contract of $486 million for low-rate initial production of 51 remanufactured Apache helicopters in the new configuration.
Boeing began work on the orders in October, under a preliminary contract while it was finalizing the terms of the contract with the Army. Work on the helicopters is due to be completed by the end of November 2014.
Boeing also won a $172 million, firm-fixed-price contract to deliver an unspecified number of Apache Block III helicopters to Taiwan in a deal that would run through the end of 2014.
(Reporting By Andrea Shalal-Esa)
*SPECIAL NOTICE - Typical Error: This article's original caption was "Boeing wins $668 million in Apache helicopter orders"., the amount should be $658 million per DoD Ref: 246-12 dated May 4, 2012 contracts awarded to Boeing as undermentioned;
-The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $486,370,418 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the AH-64D Apache Block III low rate initial production and related support. Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2014. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0161).
-The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $171,777,672 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of Apache Block III aircraft and related services in support of Foreign Military Sales. Work will be performed in Mesa, Ariz., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2014. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-12-C-0089).
*Reference;
*DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated May 4, 2012
*U.S. Department of Defense Contracts No: 346-12 May 4, 2012
