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Sikorsky Delivers Second S-92 To South Korea’s Coast Guard

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, July 5th, 2017

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Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky Aircraft unit announced on June 27 it has delivered South Korea’s Coast Guard its second S-92 helicopter, which will be deployed for search and rescue missions by the end of 2017.The South Korean Coast Guard has operated one S-92, Sikorsky’s twin-engine medium-lift helicopter, since 2014 and will now conduct aircrew training on the latest delivered aircraft."The safety and performance of our current S-92 aircraft has truly provided reliability when it comes to the time-sensitive mission of…

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