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Army To Add 17 More Black Hawks To Current Multi-Year Deal With Sikorsky

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, September 4th, 2024

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Army To Add 17 More Black Hawks To Current Multi-Year Deal With Sikorsky

A Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

The Army is planning to add production of 17 additional Black Hawk helicopters to its current multi-year contract with Sikorsky [LMT], according to a lead official. Brig. Gen. David Phillips, program executive officer for aviation, the Army has had “very productive” discussions with Sikorsky on finishing out the 10th multi-year Black Hawk contract and as the service looks toward awarding the Multi-Year 11 contract in fiscal year 2027. “It’s going to be a great opportunity to kind of bridge to…

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