AHI to build 16 more Lakota helos

Airbus Helicopters Inc. of Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded an $116,903,994 modification (P00001) to contract W58RGZ-18-C-0007 for the procurement of 16 UH-72A “Lakota” helicopters for the Army. Work will be performed in Columbus, Miss., with an estimated completion date of Sept. 20, 2023. FY 2016 Army aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $58,451,967 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command of Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 03/22/18)