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Pentagon awards Boeing $8.6 billion deal for Israeli F-15s

The contract will deliver up to 50 F-15IA fighter jets to the Israeli Air Force by 2035.

A Boeing rendering shows an F-15IA fighter jet for the Israeli Air Force in this undated handout image. Source: Boeing.
A Boeing rendering shows an F-15IA fighter jet for the Israeli Air Force in this undated handout image. Source: Boeing.

The Pentagon has awarded Boeing a contract worth up to $8.58 billion to supply new F-15IA fighter jets to Israel, the Defense Department said on Monday.

“This contract provides for the design, integration, instrumentation, test, production, and delivery of 25 new F-15IA aircraft for the Israeli Air Force with an option for an additional 25 F-15IA aircraft,” according to the department. “Work will be performed at St. Louis, Missouri and is expected to be complete by Dec. 31, 2035,” the statement continued.

The effort is being managed by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

The Pentagon said the contract involved “Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to the State of Israel.”

Monday’s announcement came after Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. earlier in the day for discussions on a range of issues, including Gaza and Iran.

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