The deal includes the sale of 180 AGM-114L-3 Hellfire Longbow missiles, 90 AGM-114R-3 Hellfire II missiles, 200 Stinger Block I-92H missiles, next to 30mm cannons and ammunition.
The lead contractors are US arms, aviations and engineering giants Lockheed Martin, General Electric and Raytheon
The army's Apaches will only be delivered from 2020 after Boeing delivers IAF its 22 choppers
The order follows on from previous purchase of 22 Apache and Chinook helicopters from Boeing in 2015