KAI to resume Apache helo fuselage production
30 April 2021
by Dae Young Kim & Alessandra Giovanzanti
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has signed an agreement with Boeing to resume production of AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter fuselages in South Korea,
Janes has learnt.
Boeing officials told
Janes on 29 April that the deal, which was signed in the fourth quarter of 2020, is meant to support the production of AH-64Es for international customers.
AH-64E Apache Guardian fuselages built by KAI at its Sacheon production facility in South Korea in 2015. KAI has signed an agreement with Boeing to resume Apache fuselage production in South Korea. (KAI)
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