US plans UAE gunship sale worth up to $808 mln
Fri Jul 28, 2006
WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - The Bush administration said Friday it was planning to sell the United Arab Emirates Black Hawk helicopter gunships valued at up to $808 million to protect UAE borders and U.S. and coalition "strategic facilities."
The chief contractors would be United Technologies Corp.'s <UTX.N> Sikorsky Aircraft unit and General Electric Co. <GE.N>, the Pentagon said in a notice to Congress required by law.
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