Boeing awarded $4.7B U.S. Army FMS contract to build 96 AH‑64E Apaches for Poland

Boeing will build 96 AH‑64E Apache attack helicopters for the Polish Armed Forces under a U.S. Army Foreign Military Sales contract valued at nearly $4.7 billion. Deliveries are set to begin in 2028 and will make Poland the largest international Apache operator.

Discovered 2025-11-27T18:10:13.691148-08:00 | 2025-11-27T18:10:13.691148-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The order is large in scale and cost: 96 AH‑64Es under a nearly $4.7 billion FMS award, with deliveries starting in 2028 — a step change for Warsaw’s rotary‑wing strike capability and fleet size; see earlier examples of Apache deliveries and integration in allied services (Australia).
  • Major FMS buys create sustainment and industrial implications for supply chains and local MRO capacity — relevant context is the recent GE–WZL‑1 MOU exploring engine MRO in Poland and the Apache V6’s recent networked capability validation in Operation Flyswatter.

earlier Apache deliveries and integration
GE and Poland's WZL-1 sign MOU to study F110-GE-129 MRO
U.S. Army validates AH-64E V6 Apaches in Operation Flyswatter

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