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Coast Guard Set For Full-Rate Production on H-65 Dolphin Upgrades

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

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Coast Guard Set For Full-Rate Production on H-65 Dolphin Upgrades

The Coast Guard completed Service Life Extension Program activities and an avionics upgrade on an H-65 short range recovery helicopter as part of a joint production line Dec. 18, 2018. Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard is set to start full-rate production of an overhaul program to extend the life of its Airbus H-65 Dolphins by 10,000 flight hours and at the same time upgrading the avionics on the short-range recovery helicopters. Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) work was done at the same time and on the same production line as the avionics upgrades for the first H-65 and finished on Dec. 18 During low rate initial production (LRIP) the service reviewed and…

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