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.
Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky has received a $478.6 million contract modification to produce five VH-92A aircraft under the Presidential Helicopters Replacement Program.
Work on the Lot III LRIP contract from US Naval Air Systems Command is scheduled for completion in December 2023.
The VH-92A programme is intended to replace the current fleet of ageing USMC VH-3D and VH-60N presidential helicopters.
The USN plans to acquire a fleet of 23 VH-92A helicopters; Shephard Defence Insight describes a unit price of $93 million apiece.
Sikorsky in February 2020 received a Lot II LRIP contract from the USN to build six production VH-92A Presidential helicopters, for delivery in 2022 and 2023.
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