Boeing will move its Apache Attack Helicopter fuselage production to India, as a part of India's order for 22 of these deadly armed att...
Boeing will move its Apache Attack Helicopter fuselage production to India, as a part of India's order for 22 of these deadly armed attack helicopters.
Boeing and India's Tata Advanced Systems celebrated foundation laying of a new facility in Hyderabad for its joint venture named Tata Boeing Aerospace (TBAL) on Saturday.
The joint venture will co-produce Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter fuselages and other aerostructures, as well as to pursue integrated systems in aerospace.
The Hyderabad production facility will eventually be the sole producer of AH-64 fuselages globally and will be operational in 2017.
TASL, another Tata subsidiary is already on contract to manufacture aerostructures for Boeing’s CH-47 Chinook and AH-6i helicopters.
The AH-64 Apache is the world’s most advanced multi-role combat helicopter and is used by the U.S. Army and a growing number of international defense forces. Boeing has delivered more than 2,100 Apaches to customers around the world since the aircraft entered production.
The U.S. Army Apache fleet has accumulated (as of Jan 2015) more than 3.9 million flight hours since the first AH-64A was delivered to the U.S. Army in 1984.
Boeing and India's Tata Advanced Systems celebrated foundation laying of a new facility in Hyderabad for its joint venture named Tata Boeing Aerospace (TBAL) on Saturday.
The joint venture will co-produce Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter fuselages and other aerostructures, as well as to pursue integrated systems in aerospace.
The Hyderabad production facility will eventually be the sole producer of AH-64 fuselages globally and will be operational in 2017.
TASL, another Tata subsidiary is already on contract to manufacture aerostructures for Boeing’s CH-47 Chinook and AH-6i helicopters.
The AH-64 Apache is the world’s most advanced multi-role combat helicopter and is used by the U.S. Army and a growing number of international defense forces. Boeing has delivered more than 2,100 Apaches to customers around the world since the aircraft entered production.
The U.S. Army Apache fleet has accumulated (as of Jan 2015) more than 3.9 million flight hours since the first AH-64A was delivered to the U.S. Army in 1984.
