
The fuselage will be transported to Boeing’s AH64 Apache manufacturing facility in Mesa, AZ, for integration into the final assembly line. Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development, Industries & Commerce, and Information Technology of Telangana; KT Rama Rao and senior officials from Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) were present to mark the delivery milestone.
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