Recasts with more contracts
Jan 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved more than $6.5 billion in potential military sales to Israel in three separate contracts, the Pentagon said on Friday.
The U.S. State Department approved a potential sale of Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.98 billion, and another sale of AH-64E Apache Helicopters for $3.8 billion, the Pentagon said in separate statements.
A third military contract was also awarded for $740 million.
The principal contractor for the first sale is AM General LLC, while Boeing BA.N and Lockheed Martin LMT.N are the contractors for the sale of Apache helicopters.
(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya; editing by Costas Pitas)
((Bhargav.Acharya@thomsonreuters.com;))
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