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Boeing Clinches Indian Attack, Heavy-Lift Helicopter Deals Worth $2.5 Billion

  • 12:00 AM, November 5, 2012
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Boeing is all set to win a $2.5 billion helicopter contract from the Indian Air Force. A senior air force official said on Monday that New Delhi has decided on the Chinook and Apache in the attack helicopter deal. Commercial negotiations will begin soon for the purchase of 15 Chinook CH-47F heavy-lift helicopters and 22 AH-64D Block III Apache helicopters, the official was quoted as saying. Boeing's twin-rotor Chinook was chosen as the preferred bidder over Russia-based MiL Moscow Helicopter Plant's Mi-26, while the Apache was selected over the Mi-28. The Chinook CH47D emerged as the lowest bidder in the tender, Defence Ministry officials were quoted as saying. While the Apache won on technical grounds beating out the Mi-28.
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