Lockheed Martin to Supply US Army With 14 More Black Hawk Helicopters

© AFP 2023 / Mauricio LIMATwo US military Black Hawk helicopters take off from its compound in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul (file photo)
Two US military Black Hawk helicopters take off from its compound in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul (file photo) - Sputnik International
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The US Army awarded Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky Aircraft a contract worth more than $150 million for fourteen UH-60 Black Hawk combat helicopters, the Department of Defense said in a press release.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The estimated completion date is June 30, 2017, the Defense Department said.

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"Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation [of] Stratford, Connecticut, was awarded a $158.4 million modification… contract to exercise an option for 14 UH-60 aircraft," the release stated on Tuesday.

The sandy, hot and high-altitude conditions that define combat in Afghanistan and Iraq exposed the limitations of the Black Hawk and the US Army has called for a new design to travel higher, farther and faster, while carrying heavier loads.

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