US government has approved a deal to sell the Indian military six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for 930 million dollars, State Department said last night.
Boeing and Indian partner Tata have begun to produce Apache fuselages at a plant in India, but last night’s approval concerns a direct sale of finished products from the US manufacturers.
In addition to aircraft, the contract includes night vision sensors, GPS guidance and hundreds of Hellfire anti-armour and Stinger air-to-air missiles.