Airbus helos awarded 6-pact

EADS-North America was awarded a $34,018,858 modification sole-source, foreign military sales contract for six UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopters for the Royal Thai Army. The UH-72s will be built at Airbus Helicopters in Columbus, Miss. The completion date is estimated to be April 3, 2015. The Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity. Source: Defense Department, 03/28/14.