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Price, Niche Mission Keys to Boeing-Leonardo Win For UH-1N Replacement

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

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Price, Niche Mission Keys to Boeing-Leonardo Win For UH-1N Replacement

Boeing will provide its MH-139 helicopter and related support to the U.S. Air Force to replace the fleet of UH-1N “Huey” helicopters used to protect America’s intercontinental ballistic missile bases. (Photo: Fred Troilo, Boeing)

At last week's U.S. Air Force Association conference at National Harbor, Maryland, the eyes of Boeing [BA] officials had a knowing glint when they discussed the Boeing-Leonardo bid of the MH-139 to replace the Air Force's aging fleet of Bell UH-1N Hueys.Industry observers had predicted that a variant of the UH-60 Black Hawk would secure the win, and Bell parent company Textron [TXT] decided to beg off the competition last year because officials there believed it was geared toward a…

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