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Navy/USMC

Leonardo Delivers First New Navy Helo Trainer

Thursday, June 10th, 2021

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Leonardo Delivers First New Navy Helo Trainer

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

Leonardo delivered the first new TH-73A Navy training helicopter during a ceremony on Thursday at its facility in Philadelphia. The ceremony included Vice Admiral Kenneth Whitesell, commander of Naval Air Forces and Commander, Naval Air Force U.S. Pacific Fleet; Rear Admiral Gregory Harris, Director of Air Warfare Division (N98); Captain Holly Shoger, Program Manager of Naval Undergraduate Flight Training Systems Program; and members of local, state and federal elected delegations. The Navy originally awarded the company an initial $176 million…

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