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Navy/USMC

GAO Details Denial Of Airbus Navy Helo Trainer Protest

Tuesday, May 19th, 2020

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GAO Details Denial Of Airbus Navy Helo Trainer Protest

Leonardo's winning TH-119 bid for the U.S. Navy TH-73A Advanced Helicopter Training Systems (AHTS) aircraft. (Image: Leonardo)

This week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) outlined why it denied Airbus’ protest of the Leonardo's win to build the next Navy helicopter trainer aircraft while revealing Leonardo’s offer was more expensive. Last week, the GAO denied Airbus’ protest of Leonardo’s AugustaWestland win to produce the TH-32A Advanced Helicopter Training Systems. The initial contract is worth $176 million to produce 32 aircraft, although the Navy plans to eventually procure 130 helicopters to replace the existing fleet of TH-57 Sea Rangers…

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