Tata delivers first AH-64 Apache fuselage
Tata Boeing Aerospace has delivered the first AH-64 Apache helicopter fuselage from its facility in Hyderabad, India.
The fuselage will now be transported to Boeing’s AH-64 Apache manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona, for integration into the final assembly line.
The 14,000-square metre Tata Boeing Aerospace facility will be the sole global producer of fuselages for AH-64 Apache helicopter delivered by Boeing to its global customers. The facility will also produce secondary structures and vertical spar boxes for the multi-role combat helicopter.
Tata Boeing Aerospace, Boeing’s first equity joint venture in India, is the result of a partnership agreement signed in 2015 with Tata Advanced Systems Limited.
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