The US military has signed a ten-year ($ 2.3 billion) contract with Lockheed Martin / Sikorsky to supply 120 BLACK HAWK H-60 helicopters (‘Owl’ in the Israeli Army) for the US military and other customers.
The Pentagon has announced that there are options to purchase additional helicopters and the value of the contract could reach $ 4.4 billion. This is a supply until 2027.
At the same time, discussions are underway about the future helicopter that will replace the Black Hawk helicopters, and the military will entrust the contract for their production to BELL or to a joint team of Sikorsky and Boeing.
The project is known as the ‘Future Long-Term Helicopter’ and its delivery is planned for the 1930s, reports GLOBAL DEFENSE.
The contract signed these days deals with MIKE Black Hawk helicopters, which have advanced capabilities such as situational awareness systems and new General Electric engines.
The US military is about to sign a multi-year contract with Boeing to manufacture an advanced model of the AH-60 ECHO Apache attack helicopter (‘Petan’ in the Israeli Army).