US State Dept OKs potential $4.9 billion sale of aircraft to S. Korea, Pentagon says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft to South Korea for an estimated $4.92 billion, the Pentagon said on Monday.

The principal contractor will be Boeing Co, the Pentagon said.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward and Eric Beech, editing by David Ljunggren)