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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

Five Additional CMV-22B Ospreys for the US Navy

25-Mar-25 - The Bell Boeing Joint Program Office has been awarded a $590 million contract to deliver five additional CMV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to the Navy, as part of a 44-aircraft procurement to replace the C-2A Greyhound carrier-on-board delivery fixed-wing aircraft #osprey

HM-12 Sea Dragons Decommissioned After 54 Years

21-Mar-25 - U.S. Navy Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron HM-12, the Sea Dragons, was decommissioned at Naval Air Station Norfolk after 54 years of service, leaving HM-15 as the last squadron to operate the Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon #SeaDragon

US Navy HSM-41 Seahawks Support Contract

11-Feb-25 - M1 Support Services was awarded Contract Field Teams (CFT) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) between January 2025 and March 2028 to support the Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopters from US Navy Helicopter Squadron HSM-41 at NAS North Island, CA #Seahawks

Leonardo Delivered 100th TH-73A Trainer to the US Navy

17-Sep-24 - Leonardo’s Philadelphia factory delivered the 100th (out of a possible 130) TH-73A Thrasher trainer helicopters to the U.S. Navy. In 2020, the AW119Kx was selected to replace the Bell TH-57 for training Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard pilots through 2050 and beyond #Thrasher

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