Boeing’s Mesa plant lands $4.7B military contract for Apache helicopter production
Story Highlights
- Boeing’s Mesa plant received a $4.685 billion military contract
- The contract covers Apache helicopters through May 2032
- Poland, Egypt and Kuwait supplied nearly half the funding
The Boeing Co.’s Mesa operation has just been awarded a $4.685 billion contract from the U.S. military for continued work on its Apache helicopter output.
Under the deal announced Nov. 25, the Mesa plant will build new Apache AH-64E attack helicopters, Longbow crew trainers, and associated components, spares, and accessories. Work is expected to be finished by May 30, 2032.
The contract came through the U.S. Army but nearly half of the funding was supplied through Foreign Military Sales customers Poland, Egypt and Kuwait.
Among those, the biggest customer by far was the Polish Armed Forces, which ordered 96 Apaches. That’s the largest number of the attack helicopters ever ordered outside the United States in the program’s history, Boeing said.
Boeing added that the Polish Ministry of National Defense is already training pilots in anticipation of the Apaches’ deliveries, which will begin in 2028. Poland is currently using eight leased Apaches from the U.S. Army, Boeing said. Boeing is also working with Poland to prepare its local industry for maintenance and support.