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AH-64E Apache Production Line Ramps Up As AH-64D Line Winds Down

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

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The Army’s newest version of the Boeing [BA] AH-64 Apache, the E- model, nicknamed Guardian, heads toward full-rate production in January, while the D-model production line heads toward closure this fall. “Full-rate production deliveries (for the E model) will begin in FY ’14 and they’ll run through FY ’27, so we still have several years of production to reach our total of 690 for the Army’s inventory,” Col. Jeff Hager, project manager, Apache Attack Helicopters, said in a recent media…

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