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US Navy Orders 2nd Batch of TH-73A

AgustaWestland Philadelphia awarded $171M for 36 more AW119Kx / TH-73A to be delivered by December 2022. These adds to the first 32 ordered last January. All part of a 130-aircraft program to replace the Bell TH-57 for US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard training





US Navy Orders 2nd Batch of TH-73A
Leonardo, November 16, 2020 - PHILADELPHIA, PA - Leonardo welcomes the announcement made by the U.S. Department of Defense to award AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp. a 171 million USD modification to the previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for the US Navy’s Advanced Helicopter Training System.

This modification exercises options for the production and delivery of an additional 36 TH-73A aircraft, with work expected to be completed in December 2022 in Philadelphia, PA.

In January 2020 Leonardo, through AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract valued at 176 million USD for the production and delivery of 32 TH-73A helicopters, initial spares, support and dedicated equipment, and specific pilot and maintenance training services.

The TH-73A will be used to train the next generation of student aviators from the US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.

US Navy Orders 2nd Batch of TH-73A





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TH-73A Thrasher in US US Navy
AW119T in US AgustaWestland Philadelphia




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