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India, US set to ink $1.4bn deal for 22 Apache helicopters
Topic Started: Aug 22 2012, 02:35 PM (374 Views)
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India, US set to ink $1.4bn deal for 22 Apache helicopters

NEW DELHI: India is getting ready to order 22 heavy-duty Apache helicopters for around $1.4 billion, in what will be yet another big defence deal to be bagged by the US.

The US has already made military sales worth over $8 billion to India over the last few years, despite it having lost out to France in the almost $20 billion MMRCA (medium multi-role combat aircraft) project to supply 126 fighters to IAF, which is in the final commercial negotiations stage.

In the battle for the attack helicopters, Boeing's AH-64D Apache Longbow met all ASQRs (air staff qualitative requirements) during the extensive field trials conducted by the IAF, while the Russian Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant's Mi-28 Havoc failed to pass muster.

The impending $1.4 billion contract for the 22 Apaches will also include the supply of 812 AGM-114L-3 Hellfire Longbow missiles, 542 AGM-114R-3 Hellfire-II missiles, 245 Stinger Block I-92H missiles and 12 AN/APG-78 fire-control radars, as per the Barack Obama administration's notification to the US Congress.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-21/india/33302088_1_military-aviation-deals-p-8i-heavy-lift-helicopters
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Nice one India! The Longbow will surely put fear in the hearts of Chinese tank crews.
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