Sierra Nevada Corp. bids to replace Huey while Bell passes

By Rachel Cohen / September 22, 2017 at 11:21 AM
Sierra Nevada Corp. is offering the UH-60L Force Hawk, a modernized Black Hawk variant, in the Air Force's competition to replace its aging Bell UH-1N helicopters. The company has stayed quiet through a competition so far dominated by Sikorsky and a Boeing-Leonardo team. The Force Hawks, which the Army previously owned, would come from a hot production line and could be delivered 14 months after a production contract is awarded, Business Development Director Jack Bailey told Inside the Air Force...

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