30 December 2018

Boing! Boing! Boeing Awarded $49.2M Contract for Qatar "Maintenance Augmentation Team Services"

Boeing contracts for Qatar’s AH-64E support
The U.S. Army has contracted a Boeing to support of Qatar’s AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters.
The U.S. Army Contracting Command has awarded Boeing Co. contracts for Maintenance Augmentation Team services for the Qatari Air Force AH-64E attack helicopters.
The contract, announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Defense, is worth more than $49.2 million. Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2024. It expected that Qatar Emiri Air Force to receive the first batch of 24 Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters before the end of 2019.
According to Boeing, the AH-64 Apache is the world’s most advanced multi-role combat helicopter and is used by the U.S. Army and a growing number of international defense forces.
Boeing delivered the first U.S. Army Apache AH-64A in January 1984.
Since then, the U.S. Army and other nations have received more than 2,200 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.

Boeing’s global customers for the Apache include Egypt
Greece,
India
Indonesia, Israel
Japan, Korea
Kuwait
the Netherlands,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Singapore,
UnitedArab Emirates
United Kingdom.
Source: Defence Blog.com

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The helicopters will be equipped with
  • AGM-114R Hellfire laser-guided missiles
  • FIM-92H Stinger missiles with air-to-air launchers
  • 70 mm Hydra air-to-surface rockets.
Qatar is tapping Boeing to maintain the country’s fleet of AH-64E Apache helicopters. Awarded by the US Army Contracting Command, the $49.2 million Foreign Military Sales contract external link provides for Maintenance Augmentation Team services for the Qatari Air Force. Qatar ordered 24 Apache Guardians in 2016, and expects to receive the aircraft from 2019 through to mid-2020. The helicopters will be equipped with AGM-114R Hellfire laser-guided missiles, FIM-92H Stinger missiles with air-to-air launchers, and 70 mm Hydra air-to-surface rockets. Work will be performed at Boeing’s factory in Mesa, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2024.
Source: https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com 

The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $49,210,651 firm-fixe-price Foreign Military Sales (Qatar) contract for Maintenance Augmentation Team services for the Qatari Air Force AH-64E aircraft. One bid was solicited with one bid received.
Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2024. Fiscal 2018 operations and maintenance Army funds in the amount of $49,210,651 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-19-C-0008). 
Source: https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts