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Air Center Helicopters Secures US Navy Vertical Replenishment Contract

17-Jun-26 - Air Center Helicopters has secured an $82.8 million U.S. Navy contract to provide Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) helicopter services supporting Military Sealift Command operations through 2032. #VERTREP

MH-60 Seahawk Team Earns 2025 US Navy Logistics Award

13-May-26 - The MH-60 Seahawk PBL Team received the 2025 Secretary of War Performance Based Logistics Award for improving readiness, sustainment and operational capability across the US Navy’s H-60 helicopter fleet. #Seahawks

CH-53K Lifts Another CH-53K During Aircraft Recovery Trials

08-May-26 - Marine’s new helicopter Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion achieved a major milestone after successfully lifting another CH-53K during aircraft recovery rigging evaluations led by US Navy test squadron HX-21. #recovery

US Navy and NASA Complete Historic Artemis II Recovery Operations

11-Apr-26 - Artemis II crew safely recovered after Pacific splashdown as USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) leads U.S. Navy–NASA operation. #ArtemisII

Curtiss-Wright to Manufacture RAST Systems in Canada for US Navy

02-Mar-26 - Curtiss-Wright’s Mississauga facility will produce Recover Assist Securing and Traversing (RAST) systems under a 4-year US Navy contract awarded to Canada’s CCC. #RAST

U.S. Navy Receives MH-60S Seahawk for Ground Training

06-Feb-26 - The U.S. Navy’s Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU) at North Island, California, has received a Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk helicopter declared non-flyable to be used as ground-based training material for maintenance and technical instruction. #Seahawk

Helicopter Institute Wins 5-Year US Navy COPT-R Training Contract

04-Feb-26 - Helicopter Institute in Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a five-year contract under the U.S. Navy’s COPT-R program, providing contractor-operated rotary-wing pilot training using Robinson TH-66 helicopters. #COPTR

US Navy Retires TH-57 Sea Ranger After 57 Years

28-Jan-26 - With an official Sundown Ceremony and after 57 years of service, the U.S. Navy retired the TH-57 Sea Ranger trainer helicopter, a Bell 206 derivative, replacing it with the Leonardo TH-73A Thrasher based on the AW119Kx. #SeaRanger

350th MH-60R Seahawk Helicopter Delivered to US Navy

13-Jan-26 - Lockheed Martin’s Owego, New York facility delivered the 350th Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk to US Navy HSM-41, with the Romeo expected to serve into the 2050s. #Romeo

Robinson TH-66 Surpasses 2,300 Flight Hours in Seven Months

10-Dec-25 - Six Robinson R66 helicopters used as TH-66 trainers for the Army’s Flight School Next program have collectively surpassed 2,300 flight hours in just over seven months, supporting U.S. Army and Navy/Coast Guard/Marine training efforts in Florida and Texas. #R66

Robinson TH-66 for the US Navy Pilot Training Rotary Program

29-Oct-25 - Following Success in U.S. Army training, the TH-66 Sage, a military-configured trainer version of the R66 turbine helicopter, heads to the U.S. Navy Pilot COPT-R Program #trainer

Leonardo Opens Florida Support Center in Milton for TH-73 Fleet

18-Sep-25 - Leonardo Helicopters opens its new Florida Support Center in Milton, FL, expanding MRO support for the U.S. Navy’s TH-73 Thrasher and commercial rotorcraft. #Milton

New Targeting System for US Navy Helicopters

28-Jul-25 - Raytheon announced its newest Multispectral Targeting System variant, MTS-A HD, which offers significant visual enhancements for maritime helicopter operations RTX’s Raytheon introduces advanced targeting system for U.S. Navy helicopters #targeting

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