EADS NA boss: Army not buying more Columbus-built Lakotas

EADS North America’s CEO penned an editorial on the Defense News website claiming the US Army won’t be purchasing any more of the firm’s American Eurocopter-produced Lakota helicopters, built in Columbus, Miss. That decision, says Sean O’Keefe, puts EADS NA’s Lakota at risk as an option for the Army’s next-generation Armed Aerial Scout. [See previous article on this site.] Army officials had no comment on the editorial, but it and the National Guard are looking for other options for the the AE-produced UH-72A, O’Keefe penned. Source: Agence France Presse, May 13, 2013.