Germany to send WS-61 Westland Sea King helicopters to Ukraine
Germany has committed to sending Ukraine six of its 21 retiring WS-61 Westland Sea King multirole, amphibious helicopters.
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Ct., was awarded on Dec. 15, 2008 a, $619,903,014 firm fixed price contract for funding of second program year of multi-year contract for Navy Lot 7 consisting of 24 each MH-60R Sea Hawk Helicopters.
Third program year for Navy Lot 11 consisting of 18 each MH-60S Sea Hawks Helicopter and also Tooling; Program Systems Management and Technical Publications. Work will be performed in Stratford, Ct., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2012. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. US Army Aviation & Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-08-C-0003).
Source US Dept of Defense
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