BREAKING NEWS

U.S. State Dept. Approves $197 mln sale to Qatari Air Force

WASHINGTON - The US State Department has approved a possible $197 million sale of equipment to upgrade the Qatar Emiri Air Force's air operations center, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
A statement about the order for global positioning equipment and information distribution systems said the prime contractor will be Waltham, Massachusetts-based Raytheon.