{"id":35420,"date":"2021-01-19T14:50:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T14:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/19\/australia-selects-boeing-apache-as-next-armed-reconnaissance-helicopter\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:49:32","slug":"australia-selects-boeing-apache-as-next-armed-reconnaissance-helicopter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2021\/01\/19\/australia-selects-boeing-apache-as-next-armed-reconnaissance-helicopter\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia selects Boeing Apache as next armed reconnaissance helicopter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MELBOURNE, Australia \u2014 Australia has selected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2020\/12\/29\/us-greenlights-4b-attack-helicopter-sale-to-kuwait\/\" target=_blank>Boeing\u2019s AH-64E Apache Guardian<\/a> as it\u2019s next armed reconnaissance helicopter, replacing its Airbus Helicopters Tiger fleet under the Land 4503 program estimated to be worth AU$4-5 billion (U.S. $3\u20133.8 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The selection of the Apache follows the release of a request for information in July 2019 and was announced by Australian Defence Minister Linda Reynolds on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RFI called for 29 helicopters, with 24 to be based at a single location with two operational armed recon helo squadrons, and a five for training Army pilots and battle captains at the Australian Army Aviation Training Centre at Oakey, Queensland. 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