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.
The US Army has made explicitly clear that it is not taking any notice of an AH-64 high-speed Apache Block 2 configuration under study by Boeing, and will instead continue to prioritise assessments of competitor helicopters involved in FVL.
Boeing is in the running for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) and Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) programmes, but should it not be handed production contracts for those, a design like the high-speed Block 2 concept could serve as an alternative to losing out – even if such a scenario currently looks highly unlikely.
‘[The high-speed concept] is not one
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Germany has committed to sending Ukraine six of its 21 retiring WS-61 Westland Sea King multirole, amphibious helicopters.
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