Lockheed Martin plans to select local partners in India this summer to support a competitive sales campaign for the C-130J, including the selection of a final assembly provider, a company official said Feb. 21. The C-130J and the Embraer KC-390 are competing for an Indian government contract to buy 40-80...
India Orders SeaHawk Helicopters, supporting American jobs
India’s Air Force and Navy have committed to investing $7.8 billion to acquire 24 Seahawk MH60R helicopters from the Sikorsky business unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Half this project will support jobs at Owego, NY and most of the rest at Stratford, CT where Sikorsky is headquartered. India will possess...
Indian Navy Opts for Sikorsky Helicopters
Sikorsky's commercial bid for multi-role helicopters (MRH), submitted some time ago, will be opened later this month, after which final price negotiations for 16 units will begin. Two bidders had previously been approved in the technical trials stage but the other contender was eliminated due to financial scandals. The S-70B...
India's Navy to spend $1 billion on Utility Helicopter, releases Requests for Proposal
The Indian Navy has sent requests for proposals (RFPs) to all major rotorcraft vendors, including Bell Helicopter Textron, EADS's Eurocopter, Finmeccanica's AgustaWestland, Russian Helicopters and Sikorsky. According to Aviation Week, the navy requires vendors to offer twin-engine helicopters that can operate in adverse weather day/night conditions for SAR and conduct...