{"id":12097,"date":"2023-08-21T23:22:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T04:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=12097"},"modified":"2023-08-21T23:22:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T04:22:52","slug":"u-s-army-awards-airbus-contract-for-helicopter-modernization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=12097","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Army awards Airbus contract for helicopter modernization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Arlington, Virginia<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The U.S. Army awarded Airbus (OTC: EADSY<\/a>)<\/strong> a $27.8 million contract to upgrade the Army National Guard Security & Support Battalion Mission Equipment Package (MEP).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upgrades to the MEP expand the\u00a0UH-72A Lakota\u2019s\u00a0capabilities to conduct day and night operations by providing an advanced moving map, enhanced digital interfaces, new monitors, an airborne mission management system and other system improvements.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MEP equipped UH-72As are specifically designed to execute National Guard operations across a range of missions including domestic operations, counter-drug and border security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army contract will retrofit up to 50 Security & Support Battalion aircraft deployed throughout the United States. There are currently 107 in the fleet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These aircraft will be modified at Airbus\u2019 Columbus, Mississippi helicopter production facility, where more than 480 UH-72A and UH-72B Lakota, based on the H145, have been delivered to the US Army since 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contract will be managed by Airbus U.S. Space & Defense. Operating under a Special Security Agreement, Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. offers world-class satellite, laser communication, rotor, and fixed wing solutions to meet the most complex U.S. defense, security, space, and intelligence requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Arlington, Virginia\u00a0\u2013 The U.S. Army awarded Airbus (OTC: EADSY) a $27.8 million contract to upgrade the Army National Guard Security & Support Battalion Mission Equipment Package (MEP).<\/p>\n

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