Fokker to provide forward avionics bays for Boeing AH-64D Apache Block III helicopters

PAPENDRECHT, Netherlands, 4 Aug. 2010. Fokker Aerostructures and Boeing Rotorcraft Systems have reached an agreement to develop and produce the forward avionics bays for the AH-64D Apache Block III helicopters. The forward avionics bays (FABs), mounted on both sides of the Apache helicopters, form the housings for the aircraft's avionics systems. The Block III FAB is based on a new concept which is lighter and incorporates maintainability improvements. The development activities have already started at the Fokker facility in Hoogeveen, Netherlands.