Boeing Has a Plan to Keep the Apache Flying Into the 2060s
The famous attack helicopter could last up to eighty years on the front lines.
By Kyle Mizokami
May 30, 2018
The manufacturer of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter is looking for ways to keep the famous close air support and tank killer relevant on battlefields well into the mid-21st century. Boeing, which will soon be building more than a hundred Apaches a year for clients around the world, is mapping out upgrades to keep the helicopter a key weapons system for decades to come.
Boeing’s production lines have produced Apache helicopters since the early 1980s. Despite the end of the Cold War, Boeing reps told Aviation Week & Space Technology the company will soon produce more helicopters than ever before, with up to 100 attack helicopters a year anticipated by 2021.
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