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Lockheed Martin Sikorsky Pairs With Rheinmetall for German Helo Competition

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

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Lockheed Martin Sikorsky Pairs With Rheinmetall for German Helo Competition

The CH-53K King Stallion arrives at Naval Air Station, Patuxent River on June 30, 2017. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy. (PRNewsfoto/Lockheed Martin)

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Tuesday its Sikorsky division has signed a strategic teaming agreement with Germany's Rheinmetall to bid the CH-53K helicopter for the German Air Force helicopter competition, where it is battling against the Boeing [BA] CH-47.Rheinmetall is the lead teammate in its bid, Sikorsky said."With Rheinmetall as the strategic partner for Sikorsky, we are convinced that together we provide the best possible state-of-the-art aircraft for the German Air Force as successor for the legacy CH-53G fleet," Armin Papperger,…

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