Budget freezes US Army Armed Aerial Scout program
Source: HeliHub.com, 14-May-13
The US Army has issued the following statement on helicopter procurement as part of a wider statement on how it responds to cuts in the military budget. It refers to the lack of “viable candidates” for the US Army Armed Aerial Scout program, which we read as “No candiates falls within our newly-tightened Budget constraints” [...]
New Mexico National Guard transfer to UH-72A Lakota
Source: Las Cruces Sun-News, 07-May-13
Support for U.S. and New Mexico homeland security missions conducted by the New Mexico National Guard, and search and rescue operations throughout southern New Mexico, are about to get a significant boost. (See Full Story)
EADS North America issues statement on proposed UH-72A program reduction
Source: EADS North America, 12-Apr-13
EADS North America Chairman and CEO Sean O’Keefe issued the following statement regarding the proposed reduction of the Army’s UH-72A Lakota helicopter program from the 41 aircraft remaining to be purchased down to just ten: “During times of budgetary pressure, an extremely successful program like the Lakota — with its demonstrated low cost and unbroken [...]
Oklahoma Army National Guard to replace Kiowa with Lakota in 2013
Source: Oklahoma ANG, 07-Jan-13
The Oklahoma Army National Guard announced today they will receive four UH-72A “Lakota” helicopters this year. The helicopters will replace four OH-58C “Kiowa” helicopters that have been in service for more than 30 years. The first two Lakotas are scheduled to arrive in Oklahoma in April with the final two following in May. The UH-72A [...]
EADS North America arded $26M contract to support UH-72 Mission Equipment Packages
Source: US DoD, 04-Jan-13
EADS North America Inc., Herndon, Va., was awarded a $26,298,512 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure contractor logistics support for Mission Equipment Packages for the Light Utility Helicopter program. Work will be performed in Columbus, Miss., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2016. One [...]
Two UH-72 Lakotas join New York Army National Guard
Source: National Guard, 03-Jul-12
The New York Army National Guard welcomed two UH-72 Light Utility Helicopters to the fleet of rotary wing aircraft operated by its Army aviation units here June 29. The new helicopters were purchased specifically to be used in domestic operations in aid of law enforcement or during state emergencies. The UH-72A Lakota is the newest [...]
EADS awarded $26M for LUH program logistics
Source: US DoD, 30-May-12
EADS – NA, Herndon, Va., was awarded a $26,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to supply contractor logistics in support of the Light Utility Helicopter Program. Work will be performed in Columbus, Miss., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2012. One bid was solicited, with [...]
Maryland National Guard celebrates UH-72 arrival
Source: Maryland National Guard, 20-Apr-12
The Maryland Army National Guard introduced their new helicopter during an orientation event conducted at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation near Reisterstown, Md., April 18. The event gave service members and the media the opportunity to learn about the capabilities of the new UH-72A ‘Lakota’ helicopter and what benefits it brings to the Maryland Army National [...]
Cobham’s Flexcomm system selected for US Army Lakotas
Source: Cobham, 09-Apr-12
Cobham Aerospace Communications has been selected to supply its Flexcomm communications system for 39 UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters (LUH), as part of E b ADS North America’s Lakota Mission Equipment Package (MEP) in 2012. Cobham has already supplied over 200 such systems for the Lakotas, and the entire fleet order is anticipated to be [...]
Cobham provides downlink for US Army UH-72s
Source: Cobham, 09-Apr-12
Cobham is providing a crucial downlink as part of a Security and Support Mission Equipment Package designed to better support law enforcement and assist during state responses. This package includes a dual channel, high resolution Cobham tactical downlink system, with both FM and COFDM links. The High Resolution Downlink enables agents or National Guardsmen on [...]
EADS North America to unveil next evolution of Armed Aerial Scout at Quad-A
Source: EADS North America, 30-Mar-12
EADS North America and its industry team will unveil the company’s next evolution of its Armed Aerial Scout helicopter during a press briefing at the annual Army Aviation Association of American annual convention in Nashville, Tenn. This latest Armed Aerial Scout will offer the U.S. Army even greater performance, range, endurance and combat capability. Speakers [...]
EADS North America awarded $212M contract for 39 UH-72A Lakotas
Source: EADS North America, 12-Jan-12
HeliHub.com editor note – this is the official press release from EADS – we have, of course, already run this story back on 27th December announcing the order. Herndon, Virginia and Huntsville, Alabama, January 10, 2012 — The U.S. Army has awarded EADS North America a $212.7 million contract to deliver 39 UH-72A Lakota Light Utility [...]
EADS North America CEO Sean O’Keefe named Chairman of the Board
Source: EADS North America, 10-Jan-12
EADS North America Chief Executive Officer Sean O’Keefe has been appointed Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors, replacing Ralph D. Crosby, Jr., who has retired. O’Keefe has been serving jointly as Chairman and CEO since Jan. 1. “EADS North America just concluded a remarkable year in 2011, having successfully expanded our product portfolio in [...]
US Army orders another 39 UH-72s
Source: US DoD, 27-Dec-11
EADS North America, Inc., Arlington, Va., was awarded a $212,703,701 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure 39 production aircraft in support of the Army’s Light Utility Helicopter Program. Work will be performed in Columbus, Miss., with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2013. One bid [...]
EADS North America to give AAS-72X update at AUSA 2011
Source: EADS North America, 29-Sep-11
What: EADS North America will update members of the media on the status of its Armed Aerial Scout 72X program and the team’s continued development and integration efforts in preparation for an Armed Aerial Scout program. When: Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 1 – 1:30 p.m. (local time) Where: EADS North America exhibit #7619 (upper exhibit [...]
Eurocopter starts building EC145 #500
Source: HeliHub.com, 15-Sep-11
Industry sources are telling HeliHub.com that Eurocopter have started production of the 500th EC145 at their plant at Donauworth, with the forward frame holding the windows for serial number 9500 already on the production line. The landmark aircraft is expected to take to the air in approximately three months from now. This figure does not [...]
US Army contracts $74M for another 14 Lakotas
Source: US DoD, 27-Jun-11
EADS North American Defense, Arlington, Va., was awarded on June 14 a $74,390,932 firm-fixed-price contract. This award will provide for 14 light utility helicopters and 14 airborne radio communication systems. Work will be performed in Columbus, Miss., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The [...]
Florida helicopter unit returns from Haiti mission
Source: EADS North America, 09-Jun-11
Soldiers from Florida’s B Company, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation (Security and Support) returned to Cecil Field in Jacksonville recently after a 30-day rotation in Haiti in support of “Operation New Horizons 2011.” Six crewmembers from the unit deployed with two UH-72A Lakota helicopters to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in late April, and were joined by an additional [...]
Navy Test Pilot School Lakotas receive state-of-the-art instrumentation
Source: US Navy, 26-May-11
The first of five H-72 Lakotas at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) has been outfitted with a state-of-the-art instrumentation package to enhance students’ learning. “The instrumentation package will make it possible for students to take data from a single source in the H-72 versus individual systems as students must do in other helicopters. [...]
Pennsylvania National Guard addresses noise concerns
Source: WPMT Fox 43, 06-May-11
Some people on the West Shore have been complaining about noise from military helicopters operating from the Capital City Airport. Pa. National Guard officers came to Wednesday night’s New Cumberland Borough Council meeting to talk about the noise-reduction plans.
US Army preapres for UH-72 deliveries with new mission equipment package
Source: US Army, 28-Apr-11
The Army National Guard is preparing to receive the first light utility helicopter equipped with a new, state-of-the-art mission equipment package. The new mission equipment package, or MEP, aboard the UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter includes an electro-optical/infrared sensor, enhanced cockpit screens, high power illuminator system, analog-digital data downlink capability and GPS-enhanced moving map displays. [...]
Bambi Bucket for Lakotas in Texas
Source: SEI Industries, 05-Apr-11
SEI Industries Ltd. is pleased to announce the delivery of six Bambi Buckets to the AASF, Army Aviation Support Facility in Austin Texas for use in the new LUH, UH-72 Lakota aircraft program. The Bambi Bucket, 120 USG/460 Litres capacity model has been chosen as the Weapon of Choice for the UH-72 Lakota aircraft, the [...]
EADS awarded $21M contract for four more UH-72A Lakotas
Source: US DoD, 01-Apr-11
EADS North American Defense, Arlington, Va., was awarded on March 28 a $21,468,420 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of four UH-72A light utility helicopters; four airborne radio communication 231 system production cut-in; and one engine inlet barrier filter production cut-in. Work will be performed in Columbus, Miss., with an estimated completion [...]
US military close fatal Puerto Rico UH-72A crash investigation without an answer
Source: Boston Globe, 29-Mar-11
Military authorities have ended an investigation into a crash of a Puerto Rico National Guard helicopter that killed six people, saying they could not determine what caused the December accident. See also HeliHub.com page for this accident – 20-Dec-10 07-02069 Eurocopter UH-72 Vieques, Puerto Rico (6F)
Idaho Army Guard receives pair of Lakotas
21-Mar-11
The Idaho Army National Guard has added two new UH-72A Lakotas to its inventory to increase rescue and medical evacuations capabilities. The new choppers arrived at Gowen Field, south of Boise, on Friday 18th March.
South Dakota National Guard to celebrate UH-72A arrival with Lakota Nation
Source: South Dakota National Guard, 25-Feb-11
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Soldiers from the South Dakota Army National Guard’s aviation community and members of the Lakota Nation will be celebrating the arrival of the state’s newest helicopter, named “Lakota” by the U.S. Army, at a ceremony scheduled to be held at the Crazy Horse Monument near Custer on May 14, 2011. Several [...]
South Carolina National Guard to build new helicopter facility
Source: Herald Online, 25-Feb-11
The S.C. Army National Guard will break ground within two months on a $26M facility in Greenville County to house six CH-47 Chinook and four UH-72 Lakota helicopters
153 Lakotas delivered to date, all on-time and on-budget
Source: Eurocopter, 09-Feb-11
ARLINGTON, Va., 09.02.2011, The U.S. Army has ordered a total of 32 UH-72A Lakotas from EADS North America in Fiscal Year 2011, which will continue the sustained production for this highly successful program through 2012. The latest contract brings Lakota orders to 219, composed of 214 rotary-wing aircraft for the U.S. Army and five for [...]
Wyle CAS Group awarded $80.6M contract to support US Army Utility Helicopter’s Project Manager’s Office
Source: Wyle CAS Group, 03-Feb-11
A contract with a potential value of $80.6 million has been awarded to CAS, Inc., a subsidiary of Wyle, to provide program support to the Army’s Utility Helicopter’s Project Manager’s Office. The new five-year task order is a follow-on contract to Wyle’s express task order from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management [...]
US Army orders 12 more UH-72 Lakotas
Source: US DoD, 05-Jan-11
EADS North American Defense, Arlington, Va., was awarded a $52,509,992 firm-fixed-price contract Dec. 23, 2010. The award will provide for 12 UH-72A Light Utility Helicopters, 12 Airborne Radio Communication systems and two Engine Inlet Barrier Filters. Work will be performed in Columbus, Miss., with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2012. One bid was [...]
First flight of Eurocopter’s Armed Aerial Scout 72X technical demo aircraft
Source: EADS North America, 09-Dec-10
Arlington, Virginia and Grand Prairie, Texas, December 8, 2010 – EADS North America today announced that it has flown the second of three company-funded Armed Aerial Scout 72X Technical Demonstration Aircraft (TDA). The flight took place yesterday at the company’s American Eurocopter facility in Grand Prairie, Texas and lasted 40 minutes. The objective of this [...]
US Army showcases new “security and support” Lakota variant
Source: US Army, 22-Nov-10
As part of upgrading the Army’s air fleet, 140 of 345 planned UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters have been delivered and are currently being broken-in throughout the force. Aiding homeland security, search and rescue missions, medical evacuations, and security and support, Lakotas are smaller, more affordable and more technologically advanced than older counterparts such as [...]
Lakota variants bring enhanced capabilities to US. Army operations
Source: EADS North America, 28-Oct-10
As its role in American military operations expands, the EADS North America-supplied UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter continues to receive high marks from the U.S. Army for its performance and mission diversity. These key qualities were underscored today during a joint program update for journalists in Washington, D.C., where officials from the Army and EADS [...]
US Army UH-72 Lakota fleet reaches 40,000 flight hours
Source: EADS North America, 26-Oct-10
Arlington, Virginia, October 26, 2010 – The UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter, which is supplied by EADS North America, has surpassed the 40,000-flight hour milestone in operational service with the U.S. Army and Army National Guard. Built at the company’s American Eurocopter facility in Columbus, Miss., a total of 138 Lakotas have been delivered to [...]
Curtiss-Wright awarded UH-72A contract from American Eurocopter
25-Oct-10
Curtiss-Wright Corporation (CW 32.54, +0.03, +0.09%) today announced that it has received a contract from American Eurocopter Corporation, an operating unit of EADS North America, to provide its Video Management System (VMS) for the U.S. Army’s UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) Security & Support (S&S) Battalion Mission equipment Package. The estimated value of the [...]
Eurocopter’s Armed Aerial Scout 72X Team Prepares for First Flight
Source: EADS North America, 25-Oct-10
EADS North America announced today at the Association of the U.S. Army annual convention that its Armed Aerial Scout 72X (AAS-72X) industry team is preparing for the first flight of one of three company-funded Technical Demonstration Aircraft (TDA). The EADS North America-led industry team, comprised of Lockheed Martin (LMT 71.70, +0.29, +0.41%) , Eurocopter and [...]
EADS awarded $67M contract for UH-72 mission equipment packs
Source: US Dept of Defense, 30-Sep-10
EADS North America Defense, Arlington, Va., was awarded on Sept. 23 a $67,163,000 firm-fixed-price contract. T his modification is for the procurement of 16 security and support (S&S) mission equipment package (MEP) retrofit and 202 S&S MEP retrofit production cut-in for the S&S ballation MEP’s Army’s light utility helicopter contract for the Army National Guard. [...]
US Army showcases UH-72A Lakota in Germany
Source: EADS North America, 24-Sep-10
The UH-72A Lakota was the center of attention at an unveiling ceremony held earlier this month in Germany, offering military officials from around the world a first-hand look at the U.S. Army’s multi-mission Light Utility Helicopter. The event – which attracted 23 delegates representing 17 countries – was held in accordance with the 1999 Vienna [...]
Lakota marks new program milestone with first EMS mission in Germany
Source: EADS North America, 30-Aug-10
The UH-72A Lakota has performed its initial MEDEVAC (medical evacuation) mission in Germany, marking an operational first for the U.S. Army’s Light Utility Helicopter in service at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC). Members of the District of Columbia National Guard’s 121st Medical Company prepare for a mission in Hohenfels, Germany. (Photo: District of Columbia [...]
First UH-72 Lakota passes 1,000 airframe hours
Source: American Eurocopter, 16-Aug-10
A U.S. Army UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter operated at Fort Eustis, Va., is the first Lakota to log 1,000 flight hours, underscoring the growing operational tempo of the rotary-wing aircraft in service with Army and National Guard units. Built at the company’s American Eurocopter facility in Columbus, Miss., the milestone Lakota is used for [...]
UH-72A makes first flight with US Army S&S Battalion Mission Equipment Package
Source: American Eurocopter, 12-Aug-10
The first flight of the UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter equipped with the Security and Support Battalion (S&S Battalion) Mission Equipment Package occurred in June at American Eurocopter’s facility in Columbus, Mississippi. The S&S Battalion Mission Equipment Package will greatly expand the Lakota’s use for reconnaissance, command and control and air movement operations in support [...]
Four UH-72A Lakotas deployed to US Army’s missile test site on Kwajalein Atoll
Source: EADS North America, 31-Jul-10
Four U.S. Army UH-72A Lakotas arrived at the Pacific Ocean’s Kwajalein Atoll June 6, marking the latest overseas assignment for the EADS North America-built Light Utility Helicopter. These Lakotas will be used for transport and support missions at the Army’s Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, replacing aging UH-1 helicopters. Painted in high-visibility orange, [...]
DC National Guard sends first UH-72 on overseas deployment
Source: US National Guard, 05-Jul-10
The 121st Medical Co. (Air Ambulance) will be the first unit with UH-72 medevac helicopters to deploy overseas when it arrives in Germany for a mission supporting the war effort this summer. The District of Columbia Army National Guard unit received the helicopter last year, the first in the nation to receive the UH-72, known [...]
Sikorsky announces first LUH Contractor Logistics Support Site Outside the Continental US
Source: Sikorsky, 08-Jun-10
Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced today the first offshore Full Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) site for the U.S. Army’s UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH). This site is centrally located on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Sikorsky Aerospace Services is the aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). [...]
First five Lakotas arrive at US Army base in Germany, five more due
Source: Stars & Stripes, 25-Apr-10
Five UH-72 Lakota helicopters arrived at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center at Hohenfels, Germany on Wednesday to replace the fleet of UH-1 Hueys used to train troops deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan.
US Naval Test Pilot School UH-72A Lakotas arrive
Source: U.S. Navy, 26-Mar-10
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Capt. Thomas Huff, Commander, Naval Test Wing Atlantic (center left) and Lt. Col. Roger Cordell, Commander, U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (center right), pose with the Tactical Airlift, Adversary and Support programs (PMA-207) and USNTPS UH-72A team with the five new UH-72A Lakota helicopters in front of [...]
Texas deploys more helicopters to Mexican border
Source: KVIA ABC7, 22-Mar-10
Texas deploys military OH-58 Kiowa and UH-72 Lakota helicopters to the area between El Paso and Brownsville as part of the first phase of the state’s spillover violence contingency plan.
EADS North America delivers 100th UH-72A Lakota to the US Army
Source: EADS North America, 05-Mar-10
Arlington, Virginia and Columbus, Mississippi, March 04, 2010 Latest milestone marks another accomplishment for one of the most successful acquisition programs in U.S. Army aviation history EADS North America delivered its 100th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army today, marking another on-time and on-budget achievement for a highly successful program that supports [...]
Luminator to supply LS16 Searchlight for US Army’s UH-72A Lakota
Source: Luminator, 01-Mar-10
Luminator is selected to provide its LS16 Searchlight on the U.S. Army’s UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter for Security and Support missions. From Luminator’s initial design stage our objective for the LS16 searchlight is to improve flight safety, integrate the latest technology, improve reliability, simplify assembly, and lower maintenance cost. The search light uses solid-state [...]
Alabama Army Guard to receive UH-72A early January for homeland security missions
Source: Alabama Live, 30-Dec-09
The new UH-72A Lakota will be unveiled at 10 a.m. on Jan. 9 at Army Aviation Support Facility No. 2 at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
US Army contracts $247M for another 45 UH-72 Lakotas
Source: EADS, 14-Dec-09
The U.S. Army awarded the fifth year contract for the Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) to EADS North America for $247.2 million. This contract increases the company’s supply of 45 additional Lakotas along with hardware to equip the rotary-wing aircraft for medical evacuation, personnel transport and multi-mission applications.
Sensor turret installation is validated for the UH-72A
Source: Rotorhub, 03-Dec-09
Flight tests have been completed with the electro-optical/infrared sensor turret for UH-72A Lakotas that will be operated by the US Army National Guard in Security and Support (S&S) missions.
EADS’s Armed Scout 645 highlighted at Association of the US Army’s annual meeting
Source: EADS, 07-Oct-09
EADS North America’s Armed Scout 645 will be the centerpiece of the company’s presence Oct. 5-7 at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual convention – underscoring the helicopter’s readiness as a low-risk, highly capable and best-value solution to fulfill the Army’s current and long-term Armed Aerial Scout mission requirements.
EADS North America and US Army Validates Global Mobility of the UH-72A Lakota
Source: EADS, 06-Oct-09
EADS North America and the U.S. Army successfully loaded four U.S. Army UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) and one additional company-owned EC145 helicopter onto a U.S. Air Force C-17, validating the transportability of the LUH.
UH-72A Lakota arrives at Fort Polk, Louisiana
Source: The Town Talk, 01-Oct-09
Fort Polk’s U.S. Army Air Ambulance Detachment, 5th Aviation Battalion, now has three brand new, fresh-from-the-factory, medevac-configured Lakota UH72A Light Utility Helicopters in its fleet
Helicopter Support Inc. Activates Contractor Support Site for UH-72A Lakota
Source: Helicopter Support, 10-Sep-09
The first three of six UH-72A Lakota helicopters from American Eurocopter arrived at the site in early July, signifying a key event for the on-time activation of the seventh contractor logistics support (CLS) site operating in the HSI CLS program. The aircraft delivery there brings the LUH fleet to a total of 72 aircraft.
Sikorsky Aerospace Services Delivers HeliTracRL(R) Enhancements for US Army UH-72A Lakota Program
Source: Sikorsky, 28-Aug-09
Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced it has delivered enhancements to the HELOTRAC RL((R)) maintenance management system for the U.S. Army’s UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) program. Sikorsky Aerospace Services provides Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) to the LUH program and is the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp
EADS North America’s LUH platform meets key U.S. Army armed aerial scout performance requirement
Source: EADS, 30-Jul-09
EADS North America today announced it has completed a series of successful “high/hot” flight demonstrations of its UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) platform.
EADS delivers first UH-72A for basing outside of continental US
Source: EADS, 21-Jul-09
The first two EADS North America-built UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters to be based outside of the continental United States have been delivered to the U.S. Army for operations in Puerto Rico.
First three UH-72A Lakotas arrive at Fort Rucker
Source: Southeast Sun, 09-Jul-09
The first three UH-72 helicopters arrived at Fort Rucker’s Air Ambulance Detachment at Cairns Army Airfield Wednesday afternoon.
EADS North America selects supplier team to outfit UH-72A Lakota for Security and Support missions
Source: EADS, 12-Jun-09
US Army pilots applaud the UH-72A Lakota
Source: EADS, 13-May-09
EADS North America has delivered 67 UH-72A Lakotas to the Army and Army National Guard, with all helicopters supplied on or ahead of schedule and within budget.
Eurocopter, Lockheed Martin will team to pursue Army scout helicopter
Source: Eurocopter, 04-May-09
EADS North America announced that it has assembled a world-class industry team comprised of Lockheed Martin and American Eurocopter that will offer a new armed scout helicopter solution to the U.S. Army — the Armed Scout 645.
Vermont Army National Guard upgrades to UH-72A Lakota
Source: WCAX, 02-May-09
The Vermont Army National Guard rolled out their two new helicopters on Friday 1st May
EADS North America’s Lakota program manager to receive leadership award from the National Defense Industrial Association
Source: EADS, 16-Apr-09
EADS North America’s Light Utility Helicopter Program Manager and Vice President, John Burke, has been selected to receive the 2009 Leadership Excellence Award from the National Defense Industrial Association’s (NDIA) Tennessee Valley Chapter.
UH-72A Lakota Surpasses 10,000 Flight-Hour Milestone in U.S. Army Service
Source: EADS, 26-Mar-09
The U.S. Army’s growing fleet of UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters has passed the 10,000 flight-hour milestone, demonstrating the aircrafts’ mission performance and reliability in operations throughout the United States.
EADS North America begins deliveries of UH-72A Lakotas to the DC National Guard
Source: EADS, 14-Mar-09
EADS North America today delivered the initial three UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters to the District of Columbia National Guard, providing new-generation aircraft for a range of aviation support missions in the nation’s capital area.
EADS North America to Highlight Its Aircraft, System and Support Capabilities at 2009 AUSA Winter Symposium and Exposition
Source: Hoovers, 27-Feb-09
EADS North America receives U.S. Army contract for five additional UH-72A Lakotas
Source: EADS, 06-Feb-09
