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Army Seeks To Boost Black Hawk Buy By More Than 100 Choppers

Army Seeks To Boost Black Hawk Buy By More Than 100 Choppers
First UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter test flight in Huntsville, Ala. Photo: Northrop Grumman.

The Army wants to add another 114 Black Hawk utility helicopters to a five-year, $3.8 billion multi-year deal it signed with Sikorsky last month.In a solicitation published July 19 on the government’s contracting website, the Army said it is studying the “feasibility” of a competitive acquisition of up to 114 UH/HH-60M Black Hawks over three years beginning in fiscal 2019.Those aircraft would be in addition to a deal worth up to $5.2 billion the company signed with Sikorsky on June…

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