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Draft FY25 NDAA Approves Multi-Year Buy For CH-53K

Monday, May 13th, 2024

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Draft FY25 NDAA Approves Multi-Year Buy For CH-53K

CH-53K heavy lift helicopter (Lockheed Martin Photo)

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) draft of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill gives the Navy authority for multiyear procurement for the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky [LMT] CH-53K King Stallion Helicopter and its General Electric [GE] T408 engines. This comes after the Navy sent Congress a legislative proposal request for it to be granted the authority to enter into a block buy contract for 36 more CH-53Ks over the next two years (Defense Daily, April 16). In the proposal,…

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