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Lockheed Martin Wins $365 Million Order For Six MH-60R Seahawk Helos

Friday, October 27th, 2023

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Lockheed Martin Wins $365 Million Order For Six MH-60R Seahawk Helos

An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $364 million firm-fixed-price contract order for six Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopters on Oct. 26 for Norway. The DoD contract announcement said delivery of the helicopters should be finished by July 2027. This order follows an April approval by the State Department for a potential Foreign Military Sale to Norway for these helicopters at a cost of about $1 billion total (Defense Daily, April 26). At the time, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)…

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