Apache Attack Helicopter

The Apache will provide the Indian Army with a significant boost in capability just as the AH-64 did for the Indian Air Force," says Salil Gupte, who heads Boeing India

The Indian Army brigade under the Rising Star Corps conducted an integrated training exercise with Apache attack helicopters of the Indian Air Force (IAF), they informed on Thursday.The Operational parameters of joint manoeuvres were successful, the Indian Army said."An Indian Army brigade under Rising Star Corps conducted an integrated training exercise with Apache attack helicopters of IAF. Operational parameters of joint manoeuvres and communication between Apaches, armoured fighting vehicles and infantry were successfully validated," Indian Army said.

TBAL delivered its first Apache fuselage in May 2018 and in three years has made its 100th delivery

The US State Department signed off on arms sales to Kuwait worth over $4 billion that include eight Apache AH-64E helicopters, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), announced

HAL's high-altitude attack helicopter is one-third the cost of the Apache

There was a strong Indian flavour to missile and air defence systems as well.

The Apache is the world's most lethal tank killer, firing Hellfire missiles from a distance.

The IAF had signed a multi-billion dollar contract with the US government and Boeing Ltd in September 2015 for 22 Apache helicopters

In 2015, the IAF signed a $1.8 billion contract for 22 Apaches, including production, training and maintenance support

IAF had signed a contract with the US government and Boeing Ltd in September 2015 for 22 Apache helicopters

India will ultimately receive 22 AH-64E Apache attack, and 15 CH-47F(I) Chinook transport, helicopters

Business Standard has investigated these allegations around the Apache purchase and found that the uproar stems from a lack of understanding of the way America processes foreign arms sales.

All about the Apache choppers India Army's going to get from US

The deal includes the sale of 180 AGM-114L-3 Hellfire Longbow missiles, 90 AGM-114R-3 Hellfire II missiles, 200 Stinger Block I-92H missiles, next to 30mm cannons and ammunition.

The lead contractors are US arms, aviations and engineering giants Lockheed Martin, General Electric and Raytheon

The army's Apaches will only be delivered from 2020 after Boeing delivers IAF its 22 choppers

The order follows on from previous purchase of 22 Apache and Chinook helicopters from Boeing in 2015