WASHINGTON, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Wednesday announced deals totaling more than 243.5 billion U.S. dollars with Qatar, calling the series of agreements with the Gulf Arab country will generate an economic exchange worth at least 1.2 trillion dollars.

The White House said in a press release that Boeing and GE Aerospace secured a 96-billion-dollar agreement to sell Qatar Airways up to 210 Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 777X aircraft powered by GE Aerospace engines.

The White House noted it is "Boeing's largest-ever widebody order and largest-ever 787 order."

American multinational technology-focused defense, intelligence, and infrastructure engineering firm Parson won 30 projects worth up to 97 billion dollars in Qatar, while energy services company McDermott secured seven active projects worth 8.5 billion dollars. Quantinuum finalized a joint venture agreement with Al Rabban Capital, a prominent Qatari company, to invest up to 1 billion dollars in state-of-the-art quantum technologies and workforce development in the United States, according to the press release.

The United States and Qatar also signed a series of defense cooperation agreements, including a 1-billion-dollar agreement with Raytheon for Qatar's acquisition of counter-drone capabilities and a nearly 2-billion-dollar agreement with General Atomics for Qatar's acquisition of the MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft system.

In addition, the two countries signed a statement of intent to further strengthen their security partnership, outlining over 38 billion dollars in potential investments including support for burden-sharing at Al Udeid Air Base and future defense capabilities related to air defense and maritime security.

Al Udeid Air Base is reportedly the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday landed in Doha, Qatar, on the second day of his Middle East tour after his visit in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. In 2022, Qatar became the third country in the Gulf region, after Bahrain and Kuwait, to be designated a major non-NATO ally by the United States.