Sikorsky Aerospace Services in Stratford says the U.S. State Department has ordered 11 additional S-61T utility helicopters for use in Iraq and Afghanistan, The Associated Press reports.
The order will increase the State Department’s fleet of S-61 helicopters to 15.
Terms were not disclosed.
The S-61 helicopter began flying in 1959, serving in the U.S. Navy, Britain’s Royal Navy and other overseas fleets. Sirkorsky has been providing modernized versions of the helicopter since 2008.
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Sikorsky Aerospace is part of Sikorsky Aircraft, a division of United Technologies Corp. in Hartford.
