Tue, Apr 10, 2007
Longbows Will Be Assembled In Mesa, AZ
This week, Boeing and the US Army signed a $276.4 million
contact for 18 new AH-64D Apache Longbow multi-role combat
helicopters. The contract raises to 45 the number of new-build
Apache Longbows on order with the US Army.
Boeing will begin delivery of these new-build helicopters in
mid-2009 at its manufacturing facility in Mesa, AZ where Apaches
have been built since the program's inception.
"The combat-proven Apache Longbow continues to support our
warfighters and the battlefield commander's requirements across the
full spectrum of operations," said David Almond, Boeing Block II
Apache program manager. "We remain committed to producing the most
superior attack helicopter in the world -- a helicopter that our
soldiers can count on each and every time."
The US Army uses the Apache Longbow to fulfill attack helicopter
and reconnaissance requirements. Featuring fully integrated
avionics and weapons, plus state-of-the-art digital communications
capabilities, the Apache Longbow can rapidly detect, classify,
prioritize and engage stationary and moving opposition targets at
standoff ranges in nearly all weather environments.
The new Army Apache Longbow aircraft, to be built in the Block
II configuration, are in addition to the 501 remanufactured AH-64D
Apache Longbows built between 1997 and 2006 under two five-year,
multi-year contracts. The Army also recently contracted for the
remanufacture of 96 AH-64A Apaches into AH-64Ds.
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