{"id":23207,"date":"2017-12-22T23:44:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T23:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/12\/22\/boeing-scores-big-with-f-15-kc-46-contracts-with-foreign-militaries\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:50:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:50:54","slug":"boeing-scores-big-with-f-15-kc-46-contracts-with-foreign-militaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2017\/12\/22\/boeing-scores-big-with-f-15-kc-46-contracts-with-foreign-militaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing scores big with F-15, KC-46 contracts with foreign militaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Two major contracts announced Friday, including a long-awaited F-15 sale to Qatar and the first-ever international KC-46A tanker sale, will give Boeing a reason to celebrate this holiday season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first contract, worth up to $6.1 billion, includes 36 new F-15 fighter jets for Qatar. The Air Force also awarded a separate deal to Boeing for one KC-46 for Japan with a price tag of about $289 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The F-15QA order is critical for Boeing, as it will extend the F-15 production line into the next decade. However, it appears to be smaller than initially predicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. government and Qatar finalized the F-15QA deal in June, then estimating a total value of $12 billion for 36 jets. When the deal was approved by the State Department in November 2016, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency estimated a total value of $21.1 billion for 72 jets \u2014 not an unusual circumstance, as the final agreed-upon contract award often is lower than DSCA\u2019s initial estimates.<\/p>\n\n\n\t