The Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems JV will manufacture Apache helicopters soon in Hyderabad.
The Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems JV will manufacture Apache helicopters soon in Hyderabad.
Apache is the world’s most advanced multi-role combat helicopter and is used by the US Army and a growing number of international defence forces. Boeing has delivered more than 2,100 Apaches to customers around the world since the aircraft entered production.
“Boeing and Tata Advanced System JV to manufacture Apache helicopters soon from Hyderabad. #Happening Hyderabad,” tweeted K.T. Rama Rao, minister for panchayat raj and IT. He, however, he did not reveal whether the entire aircraft or parts would be produced, when production would start and other details.
Officials too are tight lipped on the subject..
The Narendra Modi Cabinet last September had approved a $2.5 billion deal to buy 37 military helicopters from Boeing – 22 Apache attack helicopters and 15 Chinooks – to replace ageing Soviet-era aircraft. The JV will initially create a manufacturing center of excellence to produce aerostructures for the AH-64.
