India on Monday inked the $3.1 billion contracts for 22 Apache and 15 Chinook helicopters, taking the total worth of defence deals inked with the US well past $13 billion just since 2007.
The deliveries of the helicopters will begin in three years, said officials. The contract for the Apache attack helicopters was a "hybrid" case, with the defence ministry inking one part of it with Boeing for the choppers and the other with the US government for its weapons, radars and electronic warfare suites.
Apart from the 22 Apaches, the contract involves the acquisition 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, among other things.
The deliveries of the helicopters will begin in three years, said officials. The contract for the Apache attack helicopters was a "hybrid" case, with the defence ministry inking one part of it with Boeing for the choppers and the other with the US government for its weapons, radars and electronic warfare suites.
Apart from the 22 Apaches, the contract involves the acquisition 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, among other things.
