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Navy/USMC

Bids Are In For New Navy Training Helicopter

By Brian Garrett-Glaser

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019

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Bids Are In For New Navy Training Helicopter

A TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopter taxis down the flight line preparing for a routine training flight at Naval Air Station Whiting Field.

Bids are in and the decision on which new helicopter trainer to buy resides with the Navy, which can select from three well-known challengers. April 2 was the deadline for companies to submit final proposals to build the Advanced Helicopter Training System (AHTS), designated TH-XX, that will replace the Bell [TXT] TH-57 Sea Rangers on which all Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard rotorcraft pilots learn to fly. Leonardo Helicopters was first out the gate April 2 with a lengthy…

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