Airbus Secures $115 Million U.S. Army Lakota Helicopter Deal
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Airbus Helicopters has announced that they have won a contract worth 115 million dollars of the US Army for the supply of a maximum of 12 light multi-role helicopters UH-72B Lakota, of which 10 ordered and 2 in option. Lakota is a military version of the civil two-engine helicopter H145; the UH-72B version is an update of the UH-72A and is made at the Airbus Helicopters plant in Colombus in Mississippi....
The US Army, for the benefit of the US National Guard, ordered 10 UH-72B from Airbus. Today, the Lakota fleet represents the third fleet of rotating sails within the US Army.
Airbus Secures $115 Million U.S. Army Lakota Helicopter Deal
Airbus has secured a $115 million U.S. Army Lakota helicopter deal to supply ten UH-72B Lakota helicopters to the Army National Guard. The contract was awarded to Airbus’s U.S. Space & Defense unit and covers procurement and support of the new Lakota aircraft. It includes specialized equipment like jettisonable cockpit doors, upgraded environmental controls and engine filters that the Army requires. Deliveries of the helicopters are slated to be…
The contract amounts to 99 million euros. The European manufacturer will supply twelve UH-72B Lakota, the American version of the bestseller H145M, to the US Army. Biturbine helicopters that will complement those already delivered since September 2021 and show the attachment of the Americans to this unusual machine. As the UH-72A before them they will be produced [...] This content Airbus Helicopters sells twelve additional H145M to the US Army.…
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