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Navy/USMC

Bell, Leonardo Vying For Potential Navy Training Helicopter Contract

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, April 10th, 2018

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Bell, Leonardo Vying For Potential Navy Training Helicopter Contract

Leonardo's TH-119 helicopter

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Textron’s [TXT] Bell Helicopter and Leonardo are touting two different approaches, pitching cost effectiveness against full requirements, for a potential Navy contract to replace its fleet of training helicopters with 105 new aircraft.Navy officials are looking to move on from the Bell TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopter for their advanced training program. A Request For Proposals (RFP) seeking a new single-engine, commercial off-the-shelf aircraft is expected later in 2018.“The Navy wants to do their training with a…

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