In keeping with its tradition of naming its helicopters after Native American tribes, the Army plans to dub its new Light Utility Helicopter the Lakota, according to a recent memorandum. In the Oct. 16 memo, Claude Bolton, the Army's acquisition executive, said he "concur[s] with the popular assignment of the American Indian Tribal name 'Lakota' for the LUH in accordance with U.S. Materiel Command's recommendation." Col. Cory Mahanna, the service's project manager for utility helicopters, told Inside the Army today...
