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Navy/USMC

Navy Awards Leonardo $111 Million For 26 More TH-37A Helo Trainers

Wednesday, January 4th, 2023

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Navy Awards Leonardo $111 Million For 26 More TH-37A Helo Trainers

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

The Navy recently awarded Leonardo’s AgustaWestland a $111 million modification, exercising an option to produce another 26 TH-73A Thrasher Lot IV training helicopters. AgustaWestland first won an initial $176 million contract for 32 TH-73As in January 2020 after winning a competition for the next Navy helicopter trainer for the Advanced Helicopter Training Systems. The TH-73A is based on the company’s TH-110 helicopter, based on the AgustaWestland AW109 Trekker (Defense Daily, Jan. 13, 2020). The latest option was awarded on Dec.…

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