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Published: 11:03, May 24, 2022 | Updated: 11:05, May 24, 2022
Airbus signs logistics support contract with US Army
By Xinhua
Published:11:03, May 24, 2022 Updated:11:05, May 24, 2022 By Xinhua

This photograph shows the 'Airbus' logo at the International Cybersecurity Forum (FIC) in Lille, northern France, on Sept 7, 2021. (DENIS CHARLET / AFP)

PARIS- Airbus signed a follow-on Contractor Logistics Support contract with the US Army, the European multinational aerospace corporation said in a press release on Monday.

The contract includes a six-month base and 4.5 option years, with a potential total value of more than $1.5 billion

The deal is the largest helicopter performance-based support contract managed by Airbus worldwide, it said.

Airbus will provide spare parts, material, and engineering support for the Army's helicopter models UH-72A and UH-72B Lakota fleet of 482 utility and training helicopters. It will support 67 Lakota sites in the United States and overseas.

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The contract includes a six-month base and 4.5 option years, with a potential total value of more than $1.5 billion.

The UH-72B is produced at Airbus' facility in Columbus, Mississippi and the logistics are managed from the facility in Dallas, Texas.

The UH-72A and UH-72B models are for Army's National Guard missions, it said. 


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