Boeing-Tata Joint Venture to make Apache fuselages

Tata Advanced Systems and Boeing on Saturday established new facility in Hyderabad as their joint venture named TATA Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL). The joint venture has been established to co-produce Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter fuselages and other aerostructures and to chase integrated systems in aerospace. The Hyderabad production facility will finally be the sole producer of AH-64 fuselages globally. The Apache has been flown or selected for accession by the United States and 15 other nations, including India. The joint venture between Tata and Boeing is a consequential step in developing India's capabilities for aerospace & defence manufacturing and becoming a global exporter.