Turkey nears deal for boeing heavy lift helicopters

Turkey has neared a deal with the United States to buy six Boeing-made CH-47 heavy lift military transport helicopters worth over $300 million, a senior procurement official said over the weekend. In December 2009 the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), the Pentagon's body coordinating weapons sales, notified Congress of a potential sale of a total of 14 CH-47F heavy lift helicopters, and Congress' permission came later that month.