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Air Force Exercises Contract Option For Combat Rescue Helicopters

Wednesday, February 15th, 2017

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The Air Force recently exercised a contract option with Sikorsky worth $203 million to acquire five system demonstration test articles (SDTA) for the HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) program, according to a company statement.This exercised option is in addition to the $1.2 billion contract awarded in June 2014 for the first four engineering manufacturing and development (EMD) aircraft, which will begin assembly early in 2017 for delivery in 2018.Sikorsky spokeswoman Erin Cox said Jan. 31 the five SDTA aircraft will…

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