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The U.S. government, on behalf of
the Government of Kuwait, accepted Kuwait’s first AH-64D
Apache Longbow multi-role combat helicopter from Boeing.
The Apache Longbow, delivered in July from The Boeing Mesa,
Ariz., facility, is the first of a 16 Apache foreign military sales
order with the U.S. Department of Defense for the Kuwaiti
government. The aircraft will remain in the United States until
next year to undergo a series of qualification tests.
“From the initiation of the foreign military sale, through
production of the first Apache, the program has benefited from the
close working relationships between the U.S. Army, Kuwaiti
government representatives, Boeing and the other Apache industry
teammates,” said Bob Burns, the Boeing program manager for
the Kuwait Apache program.
Maintenance personnel from Kuwait are currently in the U.S. for
training, and will be followed by Kuwaiti pilots later this year.
No firm in-country delivery schedule or contract details have been
announced.
Kuwait 's ministry of defense initially signed a letter of offer
and acceptance with the DoD in 2002, making Kuwait the seventh
international defense force to select the AH-64D and the 11th
Apache customer worldwide.
The AH-64D Apache Longbow features fully integrated avionics and
weapons plus a state-of-the-art modem that transmits real-time,
secure, digitized battlefield information to air and ground forces.
The combat helicopter has the ability to rapidly detect, classify,
prioritize and engage stationary or moving enemy targets at
standoff ranges in nearly all weather environments.
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