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Kuwait requests possible C-17 aircraft buy
Kuwait could buy a single Boeing C-17 and a support package worth $693 million, the US government announced on 27 September.
The possible deal would give Boeing its eighth customer for the airlifter and extend the C-17 production line by about five weeks.
Boeing executives have long discussed Kuwait as a potential C-17 buyer, but the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency formally informed lawmakers about the possible transaction on 24 September.
The Kuwaiti air force needs a strategic airlifter for "relief support, humanitarian disaster and peacekeeping missions, as well as transporting dignitaries and cultural assets to various regional and international destinations", the DSCA notice says.
Kuwait requests possible C-17 buy
Kuwait could buy a single Boeing C-17 and a support package worth $693 million, the US government announced on 27 September.
The possible deal would give Boeing its eighth customer for the airlifter and extend the C-17 production line by about five weeks.
Boeing executives have long discussed Kuwait as a potential C-17 buyer, but the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency formally informed lawmakers about the possible transaction on 24 September.
The Kuwaiti air force needs a strategic airlifter for "relief support, humanitarian disaster and peacekeeping missions, as well as transporting dignitaries and cultural assets to various regional and international destinations", the DSCA notice says.
Kuwait requests possible C-17 buy
