For First Time, Army To Get Its Own Attack Helicopters, Boeing Apaches

[timmy]

 

The Indian Army will deploy Apache helicopters on the western front. (File Image)

NEW DELHI: 

HIGHLIGHTS

1. Government clears purchase of six Apache helicopters for army
2. They will be used on western front, expected to join service in 2021
3. Army wants to reduce dependency on Air Force for its missions

 

 The army will buy six US built Apache attack helicopters within the next six months in a deal worth $655 million dollars or about Rs. 4,170 crore. The government today authorised the purchase, which will see the army operating its own attack helicopters for the first time and ending a long-standing monopoly of the air force.

NDTV has learnt that the army's Apaches will be deployed on the Western Front in support of tank formations in a role similar to that of Indian Air Force helicopters. The first Apaches are expected to enter service with the army in 2021.
 

 

In 2015, India bought 22 Apache and 15 heavy-lift Chinook helicopters from Boeing for $3 billion. The new deal includes associated equipment, spares, training, weapons and ammunition. 
 

The Indian Army can also acquire 95 of the Indian-built LCH or Light Combat Helicopters.

According to Boeing, the AH-64 Apache, cleared today for the army, "is the world's most advanced multi-role combat helicopter and is used by the US Army and a growing number of international defence forces."

The helicopters the army has ordered are armed with anti-tank missiles, rockets and a 30 mm gun. The AH-64E is capable of destroying tanks or hardened structures which it detects through a several sensors which enable the chopper to be used both during the day and night in any weather condition.

 

For years, the army has been trying to convince the Defence Ministry that its needs its own integral attack helicopters so that it doesn't need to call in the Indian Air Force for its operations. Though army pilots have been deputed to Air Force Mi-35 attack helicopter squadrons of the Indian Air Force, this is the first time that the army has got the go-ahead to acquire its own state-of-the art attack choppers.
 

The army has already made operational its first squadron of Rudra helicopters.

In addition to the Apache, the Indian Army is in the process of significantly expanding its fleet of armed helicopters, though these are not as heavily armed as the Apache. Ninety-five of these Light Combat Helicopters or LCH, built indigenously, can be acquired by the army, the government has said. But the army will first evaluate five of them while under development before deciding whether to get more. The LCH is designed for high-altitude areas and will be deployed on the China front.

Before the arrival of the Apache and the LCH, the army has already made operational its first squadron of Rudra helicopters, a weaponised variant of the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) called the Dhruv. The first squadron of Rudra choppers has been made operational in a Holding Corps, a defensive formation in the Western sector facing Pakistan.

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[Balibabu]

Make in India 🇮🇳 

[Ara_Tenkai]

1 minute ago, Balibabu said:

Make in India 🇮🇳 

They are from Boeing annadu... nuvvemo India antunnav??

[Balibabu]

13 minutes ago, Ara_Tenkai said:

They are from Boeing annadu... nuvvemo India antunnav??

Andukey make in india campaign ne cigarette tho ignite chestunna

[Ara_Tenkai]

12 minutes ago, Balibabu said:

Andukey make in india campaign ne cigarette tho ignite chestunna

Make In India ante govt e manufacture chestada endi... evaraina company pedithe vallaki support ichi grants istadi... mana deggera lenappudu bayatane konukkovali...

Kothaga company petti adi develop ayyi trust build chesukoniki min 100 years padthadi...

[JANASENA]

8 minutes ago, Ara_Tenkai said:

Make In India ante govt e manufacture chestada endi... evaraina company pedithe vallaki support ichi grants istadi... mana deggera lenappudu bayatane konukkovali...

Kothaga company petti adi develop ayyi trust build chesukoniki min 100 years padthadi...

[Balibabu]

22 minutes ago, Ara_Tenkai said:

Make In India ante govt e manufacture chestada endi... evaraina company pedithe vallaki support ichi grants istadi... mana deggera lenappudu bayatane konukkovali...

Kothaga company petti adi develop ayyi trust build chesukoniki min 100 years padthadi...

ISRO Rockets and technology ne a countries nundi konukocharu just asking for knowledge

[princeofheaven]

22 minutes ago, Ara_Tenkai said:

Make In India ante govt e manufacture chestada endi... evaraina company pedithe vallaki support ichi grants istadi... mana deggera lenappudu bayatane konukkovali...

Kothaga company petti adi develop ayyi trust build chesukoniki min 100 years padthadi...

intha mandi engineers unna india lo no use, equipment antha importing ee

[4Vikram]

1 hour ago, timmy said:

 

The Indian Army will deploy Apache helicopters on the western front. (File Image)

NEW DELHI: 

HIGHLIGHTS

1. Government clears purchase of six Apache helicopters for army
2. They will be used on western front, expected to join service in 2021
3. Army wants to reduce dependency on Air Force for its missions

 

 The army will buy six US built Apache attack helicopters within the next six months in a deal worth $655 million dollars or about Rs. 4,170 crore. The government today authorised the purchase, which will see the army operating its own attack helicopters for the first time and ending a long-standing monopoly of the air force.

NDTV has learnt that the army's Apaches will be deployed on the Western Front in support of tank formations in a role similar to that of Indian Air Force helicopters. The first Apaches are expected to enter service with the army in 2021.
 

 

In 2015, India bought 22 Apache and 15 heavy-lift Chinook helicopters from Boeing for $3 billion. The new deal includes associated equipment, spares, training, weapons and ammunition. 
 

The Indian Army can also acquire 95 of the Indian-built LCH or Light Combat Helicopters.

According to Boeing, the AH-64 Apache, cleared today for the army, "is the world's most advanced multi-role combat helicopter and is used by the US Army and a growing number of international defence forces."

The helicopters the army has ordered are armed with anti-tank missiles, rockets and a 30 mm gun. The AH-64E is capable of destroying tanks or hardened structures which it detects through a several sensors which enable the chopper to be used both during the day and night in any weather condition.

 

For years, the army has been trying to convince the Defence Ministry that its needs its own integral attack helicopters so that it doesn't need to call in the Indian Air Force for its operations. Though army pilots have been deputed to Air Force Mi-35 attack helicopter squadrons of the Indian Air Force, this is the first time that the army has got the go-ahead to acquire its own state-of-the art attack choppers.
 

The army has already made operational its first squadron of Rudra helicopters.

In addition to the Apache, the Indian Army is in the process of significantly expanding its fleet of armed helicopters, though these are not as heavily armed as the Apache. Ninety-five of these Light Combat Helicopters or LCH, built indigenously, can be acquired by the army, the government has said. But the army will first evaluate five of them while under development before deciding whether to get more. The LCH is designed for high-altitude areas and will be deployed on the China front.

Before the arrival of the Apache and the LCH, the army has already made operational its first squadron of Rudra helicopters, a weaponised variant of the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) called the Dhruv. The first squadron of Rudra choppers has been made operational in a Holding Corps, a defensive formation in the Western sector facing Pakistan.

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/army-to-get-its-first-attack-helicopters-apache-deal-worth-655-million-1738867?pfrom=home-lateststories

ee munda kor channel news istada leka information leak chestada deenama?

[Ara_Tenkai]

43 minutes ago, Balibabu said:

ISRO Rockets and technology ne a countries nundi konukocharu just asking for knowledge

ISRO, NASA ivanni govt organizations bhayya... India nadavalante ivanni kavali... atla ani airoplane company, tractorla company anni govt e pedthada endi.... Entrepreneurs munduku ravali... ala pettina kuda it will be a disaster at the expense of nations money...

Boeing kuda private vallade if I am not wrong... so we have to compare apples to apples. 

[Ara_Tenkai]

51 minutes ago, princeofheaven said:

intha mandi engineers unna india lo no use, equipment antha importing ee

Entha mandi engineers unna invest chese vallu kavali... anduke kada doctors and engineers India vallu... vere organizationslo panichestunnaru...Invest chese vallaki brain avasaramle... paisal unte chalu..

[argadorn]

7 minutes ago, Ara_Tenkai said:

Entha mandi engineers unna invest chese vallu kavali... anduke kada doctors and engineers India vallu... vere organizationslo panichestunnaru...Invest chese vallaki brain avasaramle... paisal unte chalu..

we have billioniares man...em chesthunaro sachinollu ...

[Ara_Tenkai]

6 minutes ago, argadorn said:

we have billioniares man...em chesthunaro sachinollu ...

Thats the right Question.... kani question cheyalem... ma paisal  ma istam antaru... which is correct...

[BossIzzWell]